What it's like
Boatswain's Beach is a 24-acre marine park in West Bay. It is home to the Cayman Turtle Farm, the world's only commercial green sea turtle farm, with over 16,000 turtles. The land side was redeveloped after Hurricane Mitch largely destroyed the original facility in 1998.
A visit mixes the turtle farm, the saltwater snorkel lagoon and the Caymanian Heritage Street. You can walk the breeding ponds on a farm tour, swim with turtles in the lagoon and see the Blue Hole cave. Dolphin swims at a park across the road are also an option.
Good to know
- Admission is charged and varies by age group. Children aged four and under are free.
- A nature trail, the Blue Hole and a Caymanian Heritage Street with artisans and restaurants sit inside the park.
- The park is in West Bay, so arrange a taxi for the ride back to George Town.
Boatswain's Beach
Boatswain's Beach is a fee-paying marine park in West Bay, with a saltwater snorkel lagoon, a commercial green sea turtle farm and a Caymanian Heritage Street. Visitors swim with turtles, walk the trails and browse the artisans.
Tours that go here
Prices are per person, booked with our partner, Shore Excursions Group.
Dolphin Swim Adventure and Turtle Farm
Stingray City
Stingray City is a set of shallow sandbars in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, where southern stingrays gather around visiting boats. Most people reach it on a boat tour from George Town.
Cemetery Beach
Cemetery Beach is a quiet public beach at the north end of Seven Mile Beach, with a reef for snorkeling just offshore. It is one of the calmer spots on the island's west side.
Starfish Point
Starfish Point is a shallow snorkel stop on a reef in the North Sound of Grand Cayman. Stingrays and starfish live in the calm water here.
Coral Gardens
Coral Gardens is a reef snorkel site off Grand Cayman where visitors swim over coral formations and watch for turtles and stingrays. Most people reach it by boat as part of a tour.
The same kind of day, elsewhere
Stingrays, turtles and dolphins
