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Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef

Tourist attraction ·

Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef

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"While Grand Cayman’s waters harbor legendary coral reefs, there’s another treasure waiting to be discovered below the surface in a marine park off Seven Mile Beach. About 60 feet downrests the intentionally submerged Kittiwake , a historic U.S. Navy rescue ship renowned for—among other feats—finding the long-sought black box from the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. Whether you’re snorkeling above the vessel’s smokestack and main decks or diving into the engine rooms, decompression chambers, captain’s bridge, showers, bathrooms, galley, and crew quarters, the251-foot Kittiwake makes for a surreal outing. Among other denizens, barracuda, garden eels, horse-eye jacks, and the occasional nurse shark await you there."

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Dive & snorkel a sunken naval ship, home to diverse marine life

clear water
interesting wreck
historic ship
guided tours
life preservers
shallow wreck
swim throughs
disorienting penetration
Google Rating
4.8 (46)
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1320 W Bay Rd, West Bay, Cayman Islands Get directions

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Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
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Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
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Dive & snorkel a sunken naval ship, home to diverse marine life

clear water
interesting wreck
historic ship
guided tours
life preservers
shallow wreck
swim throughs
disorienting penetration
Google Rating
4.8 (46)
Featured in Afar
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1320 W Bay Rd, West Bay, Cayman Islands Get directions

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Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by Photo courtesy of Cayman Islands Department of Tourism
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Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
Kittiwake Shipwreck & Artificial Reef by null
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