Half Moon Bay, Cayman Islands

Half Moon Bay, Cayman Islands is a submarine cable landing point in Cayman Islands (coordinates 19.2830°, -81.1668°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Cayman Islands's international connectivity infrastructure.

Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States, approximately 25 miles south of San Francisco. Its population was 11,795 as of the 2020 census. Immediately north of Half Moon Bay is Pillar Point Harbor and the unincorporated community of Princeton-by-the-Sea. Half Moon Bay is known for Mavericks, a big-wave surf location. It is called Half Moon Bay because of its crescent shape. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Half Moon Bay, Cayman Islands

Cables landing at Half Moon Bay, Cayman Islands are operated by 5 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including CW Cayman, CW Jamaica, Hondutel, Liberty Networks, Ufinet. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Half Moon Bay, Cayman Islands, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Cayman Islands, Honduras, Jamaica, United States.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Half Moon Bay, Cayman Islands in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Maya-1.2 (2000) — Maya-1.2 is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Cayman Islands, United States, Honduras. With landing points at Half Moon Bay, Hollywood, Puerto Cortes, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) (1997) — Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Jamaica and Cayman Islands. Landing at Bull Bay, Cayman Brac, Half Moon Bay, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and 1 more, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.