Shipwrecks make great and sometimes dangerous sites for diving. Now, the sunken ships near the island of Cayman Brac aren’t really shipwrecks. Instead, these are ships that were sunk on purpose to make sites for exciting diving. The ships are first cleaned of any kind of pollution, such as engine oil.
Next, dangerous parts of the ship are removed or disabled. Doorways to dark interior cabins are welded shut so divers can’t get trapped in the ship by accident. Finally, the ship is towed to where it will rest on the bottom on a sandy spot where it can be sunk without damaging any of the corals of the reefs.
There, it is carefully sunk to make sure it comes to rest where it was intended, creating an exciting dive site as well as a great artificial reef that will attract and protect all kinds of marine life.
