What is the best beach in Grand cayman?

[Hippygirl23]

Hi..going on a cruise Aug 19th and have read about Stingray city, Rum's Point etc...What is one of the nicest beaches on the island? Also, can you get onto 7 miles beach without getting a day pass at one of the hotels? I'm just looking for a nice beach, white sand no rocks to be a bum all day! Please give me any suggestions you may have and your experiences. Thanks so much:cool:

[runner15km]

Seven Mile Beach (SMB) is a long crescent of coral-sand beach on the western shore of Grand Cayman island. The beach is world renowned for its beauty, recently receiving the honor of "The Caribbean's Best Beach" from Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine. SMB is the most popular and in turn, the most developed area of Grand Cayman and is home to the majority of the island's luxury resorts and hotels. Despite the name, the beach is only about 5.5 miles long and falls victim to annual erosion, which has reduced its size in some areas. Like the rest of Grand Cayman, the development around SMB was severely damaged in Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 but many condominiums & hotels are now running at full or almost full capacity.

 

Seven Mile Beach is public property, and it is possible to walk the full length past many hotels and villas. There are restaurants open to the public at most of the resorts, and several public beach bars. Some small reefs are located just off shore which offer good snorkelling, most notably by the Marriott hotel (an artificial reef), the Governor's residence, and just north of the public beach. There are few restrictions on use of the beach. Open grilling is allowed, and pets are free to roam the beach off leash. Loud music and public nudity are, however, strictly prohibited.

 

Directly to the south of Seven Mile Beach is George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands, while to the north is the town of West Bay, which features a turtle farm and the limestone formations of Hell.

[Cruise Passenger]

Seven Mile Beach (SMB) is a long crescent of coral-sand beach on the western shore of Grand Cayman island. The beach is world renowned for its beauty, recently receiving the honor of "The Caribbean's Best Beach" from Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine. SMB is the most popular and in turn, the most developed area of Grand Cayman and is home to the majority of the island's luxury resorts and hotels. Despite the name, the beach is only about 5.5 miles long and falls victim to annual erosion, which has reduced its size in some areas. Like the rest of Grand Cayman, the development around SMB was severely damaged in Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 but many condominiums & hotels are now running at full or almost full capacity.

 

Seven Mile Beach is public property, and it is possible to walk the full length past many hotels and villas. There are restaurants open to the public at most of the resorts, and several public beach bars. Some small reefs are located just off shore which offer good snorkelling, most notably by the Marriott hotel (an artificial reef), the Governor's residence, and just north of the public beach. There are few restrictions on use of the beach. Open grilling is allowed, and pets are free to roam the beach off leash. Loud music and public nudity are, however, strictly prohibited.

 

Directly to the south of Seven Mile Beach is George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands, while to the north is the town of West Bay, which features a turtle farm and the limestone formations of Hell.

 

Tried asking this question in another post but since you seem to be very knowledgeable about the beach let me ask you. Where would you suggest to be dropped off along this beach where a family can enjoy a good time?

[runner15km]

As you get off the tender there will be plenty of mini buses to take you to the beach for $6ea, ask to be dropped off at Sea Grape Beach. Everything you need is here such as food, drink, clean changing rooms and a outside shower.

The beach is free, so you can just use a beach towel and I believe I paid $21 for 2 lounge chairs with a umbrella.

 

About 300ft down the beach is a small public playground for the kids, not much but I remember seeing swings and slides.

You can also rent jetskies and do some parasailing here. In the opposite direction of the playground is a small coral reef were you can do some snorkeling. It is a little rocky in this area so you may want to wear some water shoes.

If there is more then 5 ships in port plan on 30-40 minutes to get back to the ship, the ride out to the beach is only about 15 min. Have fun!!

 

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Seven Mile Beach (SMB) is a long crescent of coral-sand beach on the western shore of Grand Cayman island. The beach is world renowned for its beauty, recently receiving the honor of "The Caribbean's Best Beach" from Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine. SMB is the most popular and in turn, the most developed area of Grand Cayman and is home to the majority of the island's luxury resorts and hotels. Despite the name, the beach is only about 5.5 miles long and falls victim to annual erosion, which has reduced its size in some areas. Like the rest of Grand Cayman, the development around SMB was severely damaged in Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 but many condominiums & hotels are now running at full or almost full capacity.

 

Seven Mile Beach is public property, and it is possible to walk the full length past many hotels and villas. There are restaurants open to the public at most of the resorts, and several public beach bars. Some small reefs are located just off shore which offer good snorkelling, most notably by the Marriott hotel (an artificial reef), the Governor's residence, and just north of the public beach. There are few restrictions on use of the beach. Open grilling is allowed, and pets are free to roam the beach off leash. Loud music and public nudity are, however, strictly prohibited.

 

Directly to the south of Seven Mile Beach is George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands, while to the north is the town of West Bay, which features a turtle farm and the limestone formations of Hell.

[Cruise Passenger]

runner15km,

 

Thanks for all the info, you told me everything I needed to know.Also loved the pictures.

[runner15km]

runner15km,

 

Thanks for all the info, you told me everything I needed to know.Also loved the pictures.

 

Your welcome.

I see you are sailing on the Rhapsody 5/07, me too, we sail on the 6th.:)