Long Island Sound Dive Sites Chart

Long Island Sound - West Chart

Long Island Sound - East Chart

Long Island Sound averages 60 ft in depth, with the greatest depth of over 300 ft at the eastern end. Tidal effects are strongest at the narrow western end, where all the inrushing water flow piles up and makes tidal variations of up to 7 ft. Strong tidal currents are also prevalent, and visibility tends to be poorer than the open ocean, especially at depth.


Mount Sinai Harbor

Once you get there, suit up at your car and walk down the small stretch of beach till you get near the jetty. Enter the water at your leisure. Once in the water, you can swim north along the jetty to the tip. You may see fish, lobster, crabs and the sort. There are large openings in the rocks that form the jetty. Large enough in fact that you can almost swim into one. I don't advise doing this because getting stuck might be a frightening experience.


Shipwreck Olinda
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Portugal
Built:
1887, England
Specs:
( 250 x 36 ft ) 1479 gross tons
Sunk:
Tuesday June 11, 1895
ran aground on Fisher's Island - no casualties
Depth:
20 ft

Shipwreck Celtic
Type:
Celtic - shipwreck, canal tugboat, USA
Cape Race - shipwreck, barge, Oyster Bay NY USA
Built:
Celtic - 1958, Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay NY USA as Russell 10
Specs:
Celtic - ( 85 ft ) 6 crew
Cape Race - ( 150 ft )
Sunk:
Saturday November 17, 1984
barge foundered, pulling tug down with it - no survivors
Depth:
60 ft

Beach Jetties

Dozens of jetties up and down the coast have been cut-though at the base like this one, making them inaccessible to fishermen, but not divers !



Type:
shipwreck, three-masted schooner, USA
Specs:
( 118 ft )
Sunk:
Monday August 12, 1907
collision with steamer Tennessee - 4 casualties
Depth:
60 ft

wooden ribs and timbers