37 feet long with a wing span of 47 ft. The Allied nickname for the plane was “Jake.” It is a fun place to pose photos with and is a perfect afternoon or dusk dive for kids and their families. 4. The Tibbetts, Cayman Brac: Cayman Brac Beach Resort with Reef Divers provides training and guided dives for families on Captain Keith Tibbett’s Wreck. A 330-foot-long Russian frigate was deliberately sunk off Cayman Brac to create an artificial reef. It’s now the coral- crusted, sponge-coated home to thousands of groupers, amber-colored Scorpion fish, and even a handful of green moray eels. The ship is mainly intact; its remains at a depth of 30 to 100 feet below the surface. This intermediate dive is approximately 200 yards from shore. It’s a fun and easy wreck for kids aged 12+ to dive with their parents. I take kids and families diving on this wreck every year with Kids Sea Camp. This wreck has large schools of grouper and jacks. I have found turtles, lobster, barracuda, and eagle rays around this wreck yearly. 5. The Leslie M, St. Lucia: The Anse Chastanet Resort and Scuba St. Lucia provides guided dives and training for families and kids aged 12+. This wreck sits in approximately 60 feet of water and is
picturesque. It has big schools of fish, tuna, turtles, lobster, and so much macro life, along with an array of colorful sponges and soft corals. I could spend days exploring this wreck, and it’s perfect for kids because there is so much life on and around it. Kids doing a wreck adventure dive or photo dive will thoroughly enjoy this site. Scuba St. Lucia is, in my opinion, the most kid-friendly dive operator, and Felix and Garfield, their boat captains, know exactly what day of the week and time of the day is suitable to dive into this wreck. Currents can be tricky if not appropriately planned. There is a wide- open hull on this sunken cargo vessel. She is 165 ft long and approximately 45 ft high at her tallest point. Her hull, ladders, and pilot house are brilliant, with corals and sponges. For families with kids age 15 or older, there is a sister wreck that can become a double wreck dive. 6. The Vicky B, St. Lucia: I’ve been documenting and shooting this wreck since she was sunk off Anse Cochon Bay in May 2018. The 286-ft Vicky B cargo ship, a confiscated former arms and drug-running vessel, was sunk to create an artificial reef. It’s now home to green turtles, queen angelfish rays, grouper, and rock beauties, with tilefish and trumpet fish colonies. She sits against a large grassy bed, approximately
a 5-minute swim from The Leslie M. The Vicky B is a 286-foot wreck about 50 ft high and sitting at a depth of 70 ft. A big open hull with a forklift is on the top desk, poised for photos. She is spectacular and immense to dive. Kids should have their Advanced Open Water certification to dive into this wreck and have good air consumption along with buoyancy control. This past summer, I had a group of Jr. Dive Masters I was teaching, and after their course, we did the double wreck dive. We spent 15 minutes on the Vicky B and then headed to The Leslie M for another 20 minutes. The kids just loved it, and so did I. 7. The Odyssey, Roatan: Mayan Divers, as Subway provides guided dives and training for families here. The Odyssey wreck is indeed a deeper wreck at 110 feet under the surface of Roatan’s shore. At 300 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 85 feet tall, this freighter is Roatan’s most significant wreck dive and one of the largest in the Caribbean. The Odyssey was intentionally sunk for divers in 2002. This wreck is for kids age 15 or older as well, preferably with their advanced open water certification, giving them a maximum depth of 120 feet. I like to keep them between 70 ft and 80 ft, considering that this wreck is 85 ft tall, so there is so much to see far above the
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