My Shot

Ricardo A. Valera · Issue 99, Nov/Dec 2017 · pp. 80–81

My ShotLittle Caymanshore divinghawksbill turtlemacro photographySalt Rock Dock

Products mentioned: Canon 7D, Canon 60mm Macro lens, Nauticam housing, Inon Z-240

During a recent visit to Little Cayman, an opportunity for a day of shore diving opened up and my wife and I decided to give it a try. To close the day, we chose for our third shore dive a site known as Salt Rock Dock, which happens to be the main port from where supplies are ferried into the island apparently every 10 days or so. When we pulled into the driveway, another vehicle parked right next to us and I could not help but ask the lady if she knew it was OK to dive here? To which she quickly replied… of course it is, in fact, I’m getting ready to dive just now so if you all want to join, let’s do this. Not that we needed much more reassurances, but we did welcome her offer with open arms. We managed to put in a couple of hours at this site. Easy entry and exit with lots of macro photography opportunities and depths ranging from 20 to 45 feet. As we were about to wrap things up and w…

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