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COVER STORY DIVER MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2012 - CAYMAN WRECKS

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  Three Artificial Reefs. Three Days of Diving. Three Cayman Islands September Issue. Diver Magazine. www.divermag.com   By Stephen Weir The buzz is back. Cayman Islands, best known for their reef walls, gin clear water and a high standard of dive services, is attracting wreck divers these days because of their growing inventory of artificial reefs. Have just three   dive days and want to see the underside of all three Cayman Islands?   There are underwater world-class military shipwrecks   (well, two and a worthy commercial wreck) that have been sunk close to shore to allow for diving almost any day (or night) of the year on Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. A year and a half ago the Cayman Dive Operators Association sank the USS Kittiwake on the North End of Grand Cayman Island’s 7-Mile Beach.   Ever since, a Canadian run dive shop has been modifying the remains of the retired US Navy submarine tender, to make it both diver and snorkel frie