Here are some pictures from the previous Breakwater dive report

Today started with a plan to dive Folly Cove for the first time this season, however the conditions weren't ideal so we decided to dive the breakwater again due to it's ease of entry and shallow depths as my buddy was diving wet.

We went in a little after high tide so we spent the dive at an average depth of 11 feet with a max depth of about 20 feet. I got a temperature of 42* again and we were in the water for a little longer than 55 minutes. The visibility was easily 15-20 feet and the sun filtering down through the water made for some great scenery. There was much more life today, making me wonder how much I missed yesterday. There were TONS of juvenile shrimp (I'm guessing) and a whopping THREE crabs! We also saw a star and my buddy saw a few nudi's. All in all a great birthday dive.

I met up with one of my buddies for a dive at the Gloucester Breakwater recently. This is one of my favorite early season dives because during the summer there are numerous fishermen on the wall.

We splashed a little after high tide and swam along the wall 'til we started getting cold. There wasn't much in the way of creatures to look at, I only saw a single worm and crab. There was a difference in temps, my buddy's computer showed 38* and my xen showed 42.2*. We maxed out at about 22 feet with a bottom time of 44 minutes. The visability was a decent 10-15, with plenty of light filtering down.

Winter Island 1/17

Here are some pictures from a dive this past winter at Winter Island in Salem, MA






Here are some pictures from a dive this past winter at Winter Island in Salem, MA

Avery and I befroe a dive to the Spiegel Grove

Winter Island

here is the report to go along with the Winter Island pictures a few posts back

We had a nice 40ish minute dive with a max depth of around 31 feet, most of it was around 28 feet. The water was nice and warm at 38 degrees. About when we turned the dive I started getting REALLY cold and on the whole swim back I was shivering. Upon getting back on land I realized that I didn't zip up my drysuit the whole way, d'oh! I'll make sure to double check that from now on...

There wasn't much in the way of life, but I managed to get a few pictures. Just about when we turned the dive there was a LARGE frilled anemone.

On the swim back we passed a boat on the bottom, nothing special, just a small 15' skiff.

Salem Willows

Winter Island

well, after a while of not posting reports I'm going to start posting some things...

so here goes