Here is some info that may be useful regarding finding and visiting Starfish Beach:

http://snorkelblog.tumblr.com/post/2707216390/starfish-beach

There are lots of things your famiy can enjoy aside from diving, but if you are interested you might like to do a Resort or Discover Scuba course .... even if you would rather chill, your teens might really enjoy it.

Starfish is a lovely spot, the water is very shallow, but It is not necessarily an all day outing. Put it together with a trip to Rum Point, Kaibo, etc., and it will be a lovely day!

Thanks, I think we want to do Rum Point too, so that'll be a fun day.

Starfish is now privately owned and access is restricted but another great option for your family is Rum Point. You can enjoy the day there (they have a restaurant and red sail sports is on property so the kids can enjoy the water motorized equipment such as jet skis or non-motorized equipment).

I don't know if this would interest you, but we are going in May and are taking a Native Way Watersports excursion that goes to Stingray City, Coral Gardens and a spot where you are supposed to be able to see lots of starfish.

Hi Karen - I know this is late, but we are just researching GC now and I wanted to thank you for the recc of Native WAy Watersports for Stingrays & Starfish. They appear to be the same company that the Disney cruiseline uses - which means they must be excellent! How did you like it? Thanks!

Hi SugarKristals. We found them to be friendly and it was a great experience for us. We were the only two guests on their boat that day. They could have easily cancelled, but they didn't. They picker us up at our hotel just when they said they would and took us back as well. Stingray City was a definite experience. What a thrill to be so close to the stingrays. The starfish part of the excursion was a bit disappointing--a few cushion sea stars at the bottom of the water, pretty far down. However, our guide dove down and picked one up and brought it up to us so we could see it up close. (I felt bad for the starfish.) However, if you are going and if you like snorkeling, I suggest skipping the starfish and DEFINITELY doing their barrier reef excursion. We saw so many fish. Here is a link to the trip report I wrote:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g147364-i260-k5474627-Trip_Report_5_26_31_Coral_Gardens_Barrier_Reef_Snorkeling-Cayman_Islands.html#41341513

Go to Rum Point in the morning and snorkel. Hang out until it gets too crowded with cruise ship people and then head over to Starfish beach. That is usually our plan. Remember not to take the starfish out of the water.

B.

And then go to Kaibo for lunch....or do lunch first and then starfish beach. I have occasionally seen starfish right off the dock at Kaibo. And this year saw Stinky the dolphin very close to the Kaibo dock.