Two quick Caymanian questions

[Drew Sailbum]

The Official Website for the Kittiwake Shipwreck - Schedules

Tour operators do need to be licensed to offer trips to the USS Kittiwake. The above link is from the official site for the Kittiwake project. As always, verify with you chosen operator.

 

[Alex777]

How much does it cost? 80+ miles is a long ways to take a boat ride. Why not choose LC as it is 5 miles closer to GC than the Brac? Are you sure Craig wasn't just kidding?
At 20 miles an hour that would be 4 hours one way.

I'm very sure he wasn't kidding. The boat is a rocket on water - he says he can cross in 2.5 hours if the sea is calm. More likely, it will take 4.5 to 5 hours. How much does it cost? "Lots", by my pocketbook. YMMV. I don't want to quote actual prices as I believe they are somewhat negotiable. It would probably be a fun venture if you want to spend the money.

 

[caymaniac]

But when is it really calm...the hot summer months? So when would be a good time to chance it, say June or July? What would that cost really be for a trip to LC, $100 each (fuel only), or $200?

 

[Alex777]

But when is it really calm...the hot summer months? So when would be a good time to chance it, say June or July? What would that cost really be for a trip to LC, $100 each (fuel only), or $200?

Right now, in fact, would work fine. As I look out my window I see a sea like glass. However, the trip is for a weekend and includes overnight accomodation and several dives. So, the cost pp is a lot more than $200. If you're interested, phone InDepth WaterSports.

 

[Doc Harry]

I just returned from the DAN hyperbaric & dive medicine course on Little Cayman Island. We did a trip over to the Tibbets on Cayman Brac with the dive operator Reef Divers at Little Cayman Beach Resort. The trip took about an hour each way, and a single-tank wreck dive was $60. As stated above, there is a minimum number of divers required for such a trip.

The bow gun turret on the Tibbets

 

[PatW]

Rhone Man,

I have been to Little Cayman Beach Resort twice. They do make a run over to Cayman Brac to dive the Keith Tibbits, once per week depending on the signups and weather. I go in the slow season. The first time I was there, they had a boat go over, the last time I was there, it did not go (I forget if it was the chop or lack of enough interest).

So, it is a possible "bonus" for going to LCBR but it is not a "sure thing". I would think that if you go in the high season, it would be more likely to go.

Pat