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The Good:
Two shore accessible coral reefs (Eden Rock and Devil's Grotto) located in front of Eden Rock Diving Center, many large coral reef heads and spur & groove formations rising from a sandy 40 foot bottom to within several feet of surface in places, many swim throughs in the coral formations making for exhilarating diving and snorkeling.
The Bad:
Both Eden Rock Diving Center and its two adjacent shore accessible dive sites Eden Rock & Devil's Grotto were heavily over run by passengers from 3 to 4 cruise ships in port all at the same time (in late December 2023, there must have been over 40 divers and snorkelers combined sitting at the diving center and in the water directly off shore from the diving center), and there were as well a few dive boats from other dive shops in the water at these two dive sites.
The two dive sites Eden Rock & Devil's Grotto both had wide spread nearly all dead coral reefs lacking healthy color due to rising ocean temperatures and as a result there was very little marine life to be found with the exception of one sting ray and a small school of half dozen 2 or 3 foot long tarpon (it was very sad and disappointing to see such poor conditions). I don't know why there are numerous fairly recent Google reviews saying the diving and snorkeling here is good or even great. It must be the reviewer's lack of experience in seeing what an actual healthy and thriving coral reef looks like, and the younger generation can't go back in time for a base of comparison (I feel lucky to have began diving in 1988 giving me the opportunity to see healthy coral reefs in many locations before global warming had taken a toll). Marine biologist and SCUBA diver John Christopher Fine recently had an extended stay in the Cayman Islands (including Grand Cayman) and was disturbed by what he found while diving its coral reefs. For what he found, you can go to the DiverNet website and search for and read his January 14, 2024 article with the title "Cayman coral problems in black & white"
The Eden Rock Diving Center had only a single outside shower for fresh water rinsing and it was skunky smelling water that stank up my wetsuit, swimsuit, etc.
This diving center will refuse to rent a tank to solo divers (even if they have a Self-Reliant Diver certification which they won't honor) which their website does not make any mention of. But, if you are a regular here and happen to have befriended the employees, they will make an exception about solo diving and look the other way as I found to be the case when I talked to a solo diver after seeing him climb out of the water and walk into this diving center to return his rental tank. - via 