Spare time after Stingray excursion?

This may sound dumb, but please work this out with me

SO - arrival time is 7am and the last tender is at 3pm

Most of the excursions appear to be 3-4 hours. Only one of the 3 Im looking at had times posted... 830 to noon. In theory, there should be time after the excursion, yes?

I was hoping to get some time at SMB, Im craving the scotch bonnet mahi mahi from Calico Jacks lol

All of the websites have a "will get you back to your ship on time" which makes me question the time line, maybe its a full day excursion that cuts it a little closer?

Anyone have any insight or experience?

Thanks in advance

-Stefanie

We will be there next week and are planning to do the same period trying to come up with ideas as most of these excursions are just three hours and I want to know how to get the most out of our time while in Grand Cayman.

SO I ended up emailing one of the companies to ask, they said you don't have much time after the tour. They did say we could call and place an order with calico jacks and they would drive us by to pick up our food on the way to the terminal, so that's nice... but Im just missing how we don't have much time.

Let me know what you experience next week!

We hope to have enough time after our Sting Ray excursion in December to take a quick walk on 7 Mile Beach.

We hope to have enough time after our Sting Ray excursion in December to take a quick walk on 7 Mile Beach.

Your better bet is to have the excursion transportation drop you off at one of the common spots along SMB instead of back at the ship, and then take a taxi back after a bit of beach time. You usually drive right by it...