Grand Cayman Day 5: USS Kittiwake

After another one of Vi's homemade breakfasts of potato and egg tacos, we drove over to the northwestern point of the island to Divetech for more diving and snorkeling. Mike was to dive the USS Kittiwake while we snorkeled at the dock. This area of the island is all ironshore which usually makes for good snorkeling.

We sent Mike off on the dive boat and got suited up to snorkel.

Unfortunately, we had a rough time. My snorkel kept flooding so I was getting mouthfuls of water and couldn't figure out why. The water was rough and choppy so Vi was pretty uncomfortable. We snorkeled around the docks for a while but didn't see anything spectacular. After a short while, we gave up and thought we'd drive down the road to see what we found. This area of the island was very residential so all we found were lots of iguanas on the road.

There was a little bar on the pier called Macabuca just down from Divetech so we had some banana drinks and an appetizer of conch fritters, cracked conch, and conch ceviche while we waited for Mike.

We passed the time watching the shore divers at Macabuca and before long we saw the dive boat pull into Divetech. We drove over to pick up Mike who wasn't feeling well. He had been able to dive the Kittiwake but hadn't dived the other dives afterwards. He was excited about what he did see though.

The USS Kittiwake was a US Navy submarine rescue ship that was deployed to assist submarine divers in training and exercises. It was in service 1946-1994. The ship was sunk off Grand Cayman in 2011 as an artificial reef.

By the time we got back to the house, Mike still wasn't feeling well so Vi and I got cleaned up to head out to dinner ourselves at the Lighthouse. The Lighthouse is a beautiful, pier restaurant where you can watch the waves roll in as you eat.

I had the sirloin and Madagascar giant prawns.

Vi had lobster with goat cheese ravioli.

It was another early night as we needed to be well-rested to reel in some fish the next day.