Since the sinking of the ex-USS Kittiwake on January 5th 2011, along with massive media attention, the local Cayman dive indusrty is far from sinking.  Buoyed up by the surge of interest from resident divers and visiting divers planning new trips to Cayman- specifically to visit this new wreck dive.

Being the best thing to happen in Cayman's dive industry in the last decade, local operators are thrilled with the international response and demand to visit this new attraction.

To date, 46 commercial vessels and 16 private vessels are licensed to visit the attraction, with many more expressing strong interest and expected to get the required paperwork in order and processed by the end of the month.

All licensed vessels recieve 2 full color dive slates, illustrating the wreck and to be used to help safely navigate the wreck and for those qualified, to allow them to know which areas of the wreck can be penetrated.  In addition, licensed vessels receive 3 annual(staff) passes for commercial vessels and private vessels receive 2 annual passes.

Averaging over 100+ scuba divers per day, the numbers are only expected to increase as the word gets out and for new bookings to start rolling in. CITA is urging all vessels to submit their license applications as soon as possible in order for them to start taking bookings for the busy March/April Spring Break period.