Grand Cayman Island Expedition
REEFS 1 · December 2015
December 2015 · East End, Grand Cayman
Thirteen Kent Denver School middle school students traveled to Grand Cayman for their first open-water training dives as part of the REEFS 1 program. All 13 earned their Junior Open Water Diver certification.
From the pool to the reef
Dr. Mikki McComb-Kobza of Ocean First Institute taught the classroom portion of the course that fall. The students practiced in a Boulder pool with her and Ocean First instructors before heading to Grand Cayman. In the ocean, McComb-Kobza and dive instructor Mark Duvall guided the students through their training dives at Sunset Reef.
How the field trip was organized
The trip itinerary lists Compass Point on Grand Cayman’s East End as the group’s base and Ocean Frontiers as the local dive partner. It scheduled four open-water certification dives over two days, followed by recreational dives and a snorkeling excursion. The final morning was set aside for updating dive logs and packing gear.
The trip gave students a chance to apply the skills they had practiced in the pool and prepare for the next stage of the REEFS program.
Photos from the expedition
Photos from OFI’s December 2015 Grand Cayman expedition archive.