The Meadows

Little Cayman sits between Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the western Caribbean, and its shoreline is fringed by the Bloody Bay Marine Park along the north coast. The Meadows is one of the named dive sites along this stretch, reached by boat from the island's small network of dive operators. The site sits over a reef built up from finger coral, greater and lobed star coral, massive starlet coral, mountainous star coral, and mustard hill coral, giving the terrain its name. Divers have also reported Atlantic blue tang moving over the reef along with redband and stoplight parrotfish grazing the coral heads.

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

• Lobed Star CoralOrbicella annularisReported here · unconfirmed
• Mountainous Star CoralOrbicella faveolataReported here · unconfirmed
• Greater Star CoralMontastraea cavernosaReported here · unconfirmed
• Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
• Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
• Massive Starlet CoralSiderastrea sidereaReported here · unconfirmed
• Finger CoralPorites poritesReported here · unconfirmed
• Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
• Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideReported here · unconfirmed