Lodge Anchor
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About this site
Lodge Anchor is a shallow reef dive on the East End of Grand Cayman, named for an old anchor that rests upright against the reef a short swim east of the mooring. The anchor dates to 1794 and is linked to the wreck of the Ten Sails. Its chain is heavily overgrown and encrusted.
The mooring sits at 12 metres and the dive reaches 18 metres. Low, narrow grooves run directly below the mooring, with sandy patches nearby. The deeper part of the site has waving gardens of sea fans and sea plumes, healthy sponges and large colonies of hard corals.
Peacock flounders lie well camouflaged on the sand and dart away flashing white with blue rings when startled.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Symmetrical Brain CoralPseudodiploria strigosaReported here · unconfirmed
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
Lobed Star CoralOrbicella annularisReported here · unconfirmed
Elkhorn CoralAcropora palmataReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
Massive Starlet CoralSiderastrea sidereaReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowtail DamselfishMicrospathodon chrysurusReported here · unconfirmed
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideReported here · unconfirmed
Mountainous Star CoralOrbicella faveolataReported here · unconfirmed
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