Kittiwake’s First Anniversary

Celebrating a Cayman Shipwreck Success - A Photographer's Perspective
By Stephen Frink

20,000 divers got there ahead of me in the Kittiwake's first year on the bottom. The phrase "better late than never" occurred to me as I enjoyed my first dive to her five decks and many underwater enticements on Jan. 5, 2012.

If you haven't heard the interesting, albeit arduous, story of donation of the Kittiwake by the Maritime Administration of the United States (MARAD) to the Cayman Islands government, the preparatory process of cleaning her and making her safe for diver access, and finally towing and sinking her off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman, read "The Anatomy of a Shipwreck: The Kittiwake in Grand Cayman".