Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman

About

Seven Mile Beach (SMB) is a long crescent of coral-sand beach on the western end of Grand Cayman island. Seven Mile Beach is known for its beauty, receiving the honor of "The Caribbean's Best Beach" in 2015 from Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine. It is public property and one is able to walk the full length of the beach, regardless of where they are staying. The Seven Mile Beach is the most popular and most developed area of Grand Cayman. It is home to the majority of the island's luxury resorts and hotels.

Despite the name, a generous measurement puts the actual length at just a bit over 6.3 miles (10.1 km) long. A realistic length for the uninterrupted sandy beach is about 6 miles. The beach falls victim to annual erosion, which has reduced its size in some areas, and may have reduced its length at the ends. After Hurricane Helene in 2024, erosion along the beach became much worse, with hardly any sand left in some places. In August of 2025, the Grand Cayman Marriott announced a plan to bring 8,000 cubic yards of sand back to the shoreline and replenish the eroded beach.