214 Logged Dives
MV Captain Keith Tibbetts (Wreck)
This spectacular wreck lies on the northwest side of Cayman Brac but is also accessible by boat from Little Cayman. This 330-foot-long Koni II class frigate was built for the Cuban Navy by the Soviet Union in 1984. It was purchased by the Cayman Islands and sunk in 1996 as an artificial reef and dive site.
Living in and around the wreck are nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, anemones, and grouper.
DIVE TYPES
- Wreck Dive
- Artificial Reef
Level
- Beginner
- Advanced
Programs
- Scuba
Entry
- Shore/Beach
- Boat
Body of Water
- Salt
currents
- no
- moderate
Maximum Depth
- 25m
Visibility
- 25m
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Puffer Fish |
| Jan - Mar | Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec | |
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| Dolphins | ||||
| Bottlenose Dolphin | ||||
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| Blacktip Reef Shark | ||||
| Nurse Shark | ||||
| Grey Reef Shark | ||||
| Rays | ||||
| Reef Manta | ||||
| Eagle Ray | ||||
| Stingrays | ||||
| Turtles | ||||
| Green Sea Turtle | ||||
| Loggerhead Sea Turtle | ||||
| Hawksbill Turtle | ||||
| Fishes | ||||
| Moray Eel | ||||
| Angelfish | ||||
| Barracuda | ||||
| Lionfish | ||||
| Wrasse | ||||
| Puffer Fish |
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DIVE SITES NEARBY
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Cayman Brac
Little Cayman
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