Dive site
USS Kittiwake
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- Typical depth
- 18 m
- Type
- Wreck
- Level
- Beginner
Notes
Submarine rescue vessel scuttled 2011.
Marine life
- Macro
- arrow crab, goby
- Reef fish
- sergeant major, grunts, snapper, barracuda, tarpon
- Invertebrates
- corals colonising hull
Wreck
- Vessel
- USS Kittiwake (ASR-13)
- Class
- Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship
- Origin
- United States
- Sunk
- 2011 — scuttled as artificial reef (5 Jan 2011)
- Length
- 77 m
- Penetration
- Possible — with training
Site features
- Wreck
- Penetration
- Artificial Reef
- Intact
- Sand Bottom
- Shallow
When to dive
- Best
- Mar–Jun, Nov–Dec
- Avoid
- Sep–Oct
Sheltered Seven Mile Beach site — divable year-round, but hurricane season can disrupt access. Best viz in winter and early spring.
Conditions & access
- Visibility
- 20–40 m
- Water temp
- 26–29 °C
- Current
- Mild
- Access
- Permit required
- Min cert
- Open Water; wreck specialty for full penetration
Location
19.3833° N, 81.4000° W
Sources
Curated from 1 source
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