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.

Marine life at this 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.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata4 obs.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Panulirus argus1 obs.

Christmas Tree Hydroid

Pennaria disticha1 obs.

Southern Stingray

Hypanus americanus1 obs.

Checkered Nerite

Nerita tessellata1 obs.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus1 obs.

Sponge Brittle Star

Ophiothrix suensonii1 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum1 obs.

Giant Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia muta1 obs.

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina1 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

Svamp

Callyspongia plicifera1 obs.

West Indian Top Shell

Cittarium pica1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata1 obs.