Tue 25 Aug 2009
Last week I had the opportunity to use a jetski (waverunner) I had never tried one and was definitely curious about them.
Well, let me tell you, its a whole lot of fun! Along with three work colleagues, we did a “snorkel jetski safari”. Its basically riding around on a jetski and stopping at various places to snorkel.
The activity started out at the Westin hotel (pretty much right in the middle of Seven Mile Beach). Initially we went all the way to West Bay and stopped for about 25 minutes of snorkeling. Then we rode all the way to George Town, and stopped at the “Cheeseburger Reef” near town for some more snorkeling. Then rode back to the Westin. All-in-all, about 1h30 minutes of fun.
Here I am on my ride ; a quality Bombardier product made in Valcourt, Quebec!
The jetski’s all tied up while we snorkel a few hundred meters from shore.
Snorkeling at Cheeseburger reef. Its called like that because its straight off shore from the downtown Burger King! Patrick H. : Notice the new swimsuit! 😉
Plenty of friendly fish. Many people snorkel here, so they are not afraid of humans and hope for a handout.
Here is a little video I made while we sped back to the Westin. Considering there was a good amount of surf, I am not sure that driving & filming at the same time was the most brilliant thing to do!
Chanceux, j’aurais beaucoup aimé faire du jetski! Tes photos me rappelle de bien beaux souvenirs… mais on devra se trouver un autre endroit pour nos vacances d’hiver… Je te félicite aussi pour ton nouveau maillot, ce n’était pas un luxe de le changer!!!
À bientôt
Lili
Mon cher Micho… c’est pas des jetski ton affaires, c’est des seadoo… jetski tu es debout 😉 et c’est un tout autre trip!!! surtout dans les vagues 😉
Hmmm … je viens de regarder le site web et ils disent bien “jetski safari”. Oh well, c’était le fun 🙂
Connaissent rien de nos produits ces Caymanians 😉 !!! hihihihih ca avait l’air cool évidemment, on est juste jaloux!
I so love Seven Mile Beach and I check your site regularly for my far away fix. We do so much snorkeling while we are there. Cemetary Beach is my favorite. There are such great reefs if you are willing to swim out a ways. Last time we saw so many stingrays and even a huge morey eel. It’s not unusual to see a sea turtle there either. This year was also great snorkeling at Smith’s Cove. We saw the other kind of sea turtle there, Hawks Bill I think it is. We also saw many huge barracuda..I could do without seeing those.
Micho: in one of your photos you have your hands on top of the coral? Why? Were your hands “slimey”? If so, that is the protective covering of the coral and removing it, opens it to infection/disease and can lead to killing it.
Just a note of “awareness”. Don’t touch!
@Tom
Hi Tom,
Now that I am looking at the picture, it does seem like it.
But it just looks like that! I am not actually touching it; I was “diving down” on that picture. Its illegal to touch coral in Cayman for environmental reasons. And as you mention, there is fire coral around, so that would not be a good idea!
Cheers
Micho
Hi Micho~
Love the pictures! I also follow your site as I love Grand Cayman. Soon my weather will be turning nasty and I am hoping that you will be posting more sunny pictures to get us “northern folks” thru the winter! 🙂
Love your blog!!
We *loved* the jet ski/snorkel safari! It was the highlight of that particular trip to the island. Like others, I miss Cayman terribly, so I visit here to get my fix 🙂
Ooh! Now you tell us! I think that two of my triplets and Dad would have loved this. Next year! Thank you for your dinner suggestions. We ate at Papagallos (sp) two nights with the children and Chicken Chicken take home. Dad and kids did 11 dives in 12 days. Such great weather – as you said, water was 85 degrees at 40 feet. I love following your blog -it’s our ‘fix’ when we leave and spend all those months waiting to return to Seven Mile Beach!
Agree with all the others. When I need my Cayman fix, I come here to check out what is happening on the island. It’s a great site! Our next trip can’t come quick enough!