Established in 1958, Sunset House is the premier hotel for scuba divers in Grand Cayman. We operate in conjunction with Sunset Divers to offer our guests turnkey custom Grand Cayman dive packages. Our fleet of boats takes divers to experience some of the best dive sites around our paradise island. We also offer a full range of PADI dive training and courses in Grand Cayman, so we can help you take your dive education to the next level. For those interested in underwater photography, Cathy Church’s Photo Center is onsite too.
Located south of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands, our ocean-front resort on the west side of Grand Cayman is around a 10-minute drive from the airport terminal. This means you can be with us in no time, enjoying some of Grand Cayman’s best shore diving or relaxing by the pool with a cold beverage and free WiFi. Or, if you’re feeling peckish, why not head to the popular My Bar and Seaharvest restaurant with other guests and locals alike?
Sunset House is family-owned with a rich history and we’d love to share it with you. Scroll down to find out more about our story.
At Sunset House, we celebrated our 60th anniversary in 2018. Away from the Seven Mile Beach strip, our spot on the island’s west coast is a pleasant combination of rural ambiance and Old Cayman charm. Only minutes from George Town, our resort is perched on a picturesque coral ledge overlooking the dazzling, azure Caribbean Sea.
The Sunset House tradition began in 1958 by Hebe Connors and her son Adrien. It was the first accommodation for divers traveling to Grand Cayman. Miss Hebe added an eight-room guest house to her original cottage, accommodating a small number of visitors. Now, some 65 years later, there are 36 air-conditioned units, including a choice of courtyard rooms, ocean view rooms, suites, and apartments all nestled in lush greenery, along the south-west shore of the island. Check out the full range of rooms at Sunset House to find the perfect fit for you!
Hebe Conners, a native 8th-generation Caymanian, had an arrangement with Bob Soto, considered the father of recreational diving in the Cayman Islands, to take care of her diving guests. Bob had worked on a Navy salvage tug in 1945 and had learned about diving. He brought this knowledge home to Cayman in the late 1950s.
Miss Hebe asked Bob to teach her son Adrien (Briggs) to dive. When he was not in school, 12-year-old Adrien would accompany Bob on dive trips. According to Bob, Adrien ‘was a tough little dedicated diver’. Adrien and his wife Bonnie started Sunset Divers in 1972, incorporating the dive shop into Sunset House, So it was at this time that Sunset House became Grand Cayman’s hotel for divers by divers.
Over the years, Sunset House has grown to become an essential part of the Cayman community; a place to dive and snorkel, but also to eat, drink, relax, and find entertainment.
One of the most famous attractions at Sunset House is the popular and casual My Bar. The resort’s outdoor tiki bar sits on the sea edge overlooking the western horizon. It is the place to be during happy hour and to watch the spectacular Cayman sunset. Sea Harvest restaurant is also on site offering a mouthwatering choice of West Indian cuisine.
As mentioned above, another of the specialties at Sunset House is that we are the home of Cathy Church’s Underwater Photo Centre. Cathy Church and her staff are on hand to offer instruction and critique, and the center has a full range of cameras, accessories, and souvenirs in their retail store.
With Sunset Divers on site, our guests have access to the best diving in Grand Cayman. Custom dive boats, professional instructors, and a full range of PADI courses, Sunset Divers offers everything you would expect from your resort dive shop.
The famous mermaid ‘Amphitrite’, a nine-foot-tall bronze statue sitting at 55ft below the ocean surface, keeps an ever-present watch over the Sunset House reef. Venture a little further and you will find the wreck of the David Nicholson, a landing craft purposely sunk by Adrien as an artificial reef.
Sunset House’s guests are treated to the same warm hospitality you would expect from your family and friends. It is a tradition now passed down over three generations, from grandmother to son, and now the grandchildren. Over the decades since 1958, the Briggs family has been inviting visitors into their expanded home, and we can’t wait to welcome you.
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