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Underwater at MV Captain Keith Tibbetts

MV Captain Keith Tibbetts

Cayman Brac · Cayman Islands

The MV Captain Keith Tibbetts is a 98-metre Soviet-era Frigate 356 warship deliberately sunk in 1996 off Cayman Brac's north coast, resting on its port side with the bow at 30 metres and the stern at 18 metres. Gun turrets, torpedo tubes, radar masts, and engine rooms are all intact and penetrable, coated in a thick veneer of orange cup corals, lettuce corals, and enormous elephant ear sponges. Eagle rays circle the superstructure and the hull itself has become one of the most heavily colonised artificial reefs in the Caribbean.

Conditions

Depth

15 to 33 m

Advanced depths

Current

Can be moderate

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

15 to 25 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

25 to 30°C

Skin or 1mm

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Gear

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 3mm full wetsuit · warm water
    • Dive computer