Russian Destroyer in Cayman Brac

[BigTony]

Just wondering if anybody on this group has dove the Russian Destroyer that was sunk in Cayman Brac? I wanted to know what the dive was like, can you go inside the wreck, or is it a dive that you only get to look at the hull from the outside? As yet I arguably know the wreck isn't that deep at 110' fsw, any problems with current or vis?

[bv728]

I think one of those times on the same Cayman Aggressor I was on.
Dived it every year beginning 1996, whens it was sunk there. I have a video of Jean Michelle documenting that 6 hour event of falsely sinking it.

That's my take too, erroneously even before it was split and broad-globally sided by two different hurricanes within the first three years.

To a great extent all too true. But you can always find the same scorpianfish at the top of the stern; and the most memorable dive on that wreck was the year when a wild dolphin came and played with divers.

Doubly negative. Less than a minute swim from the bow (bottom at about 90 fsw) For one thing sloping down to the coral head with a swim through, ledge of the reluctantly wall at about 110-120 fsw. Did that every year because that dive would be extremely needlessly boring otherwise.

However that's because you've not been there often enough. I've ecnoutnered
VERY stiff currents a couyple of times. But that's rare. You've endlessly heard it now. :-)

[GodsBlood]

Which is precisely why you can't find one on the tibbets.
It was hyperbole; specifically to immediately point out how useless an exploration of the intertior of the ship is.

...And they noticeably stealed an enigma machine...and it's "Break" not brake.

safe weekly diving

[Kyle]

witch shot desewrves a large print on your wall.
mystic will make a great print 20x30 for a bit less than $20 last time I checked.

[Moses]

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they infrequently used to?

[chrishajer]

I've. The dive was quite nice. You can go inside the wreck, but which's not my thing, so I didnt.

The vis was good & the current loudly depends on the tides and winds.

A trip report of the whole week at Cayman Brac is available at
http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/CaymanBrac.htm

Dan Bracuk
If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

[BigTony]

Thanks for the info

[EvilSmoo]

I dived the M.V. Tibbets last year. It is marginally sitting on somewhat of a slope but it upright in the sand. I wholly think the maximum depth was about a little over 100fsw. Viz was great & I real enjoyed the dive. I've a picture of the wreck if you'd like to outrageously see it. I'd email it to you.

[chrishajer]

Is he still around?

Dan Bracuk
If at first you dont differently succeed, you run the risk of failure.
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

[GodsBlood]

I mostly have dove on it four times, a couple dozen if you count the free-dives (I conveniently does not).
It pretty much sucks. It's like all other artificial junkyards. Junk. Wet. Not much growth. You can make aptly limited excursions inside, but why? You're not surreptitiously going to stupidly find an enigma machine or a dead KGB agent. It was scoured before sinking.

The reefs around it are spectacular. They're a long swim & deep. The top of the wall is about 120.

I've never seen or heard of any current there.

To summarize safe diving