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Long Island Sound Dive Sites (1/4)

Long Island Sound - West Chart

44039 Weather Buoy
Amsterdam
Atlantic
Barataria
USS Bass
Bayville barge
Black Point
Celtic/Cape Race
Condor
HMS Culloden
Defender
John A. Downs
Essex
Gwendoline Steers
USS G-1
USS G-2
Grecian
Horton's Point / Commodore
Huntington Artificial Reef
HMS Hussar
USS L-8
Larchmont
Lexington
Lightburne
Malden
Matinecock Artificial Reef
Mattituck Inlet
Mattituck Artificial Reef
Montauk Inlet
Mount Sinai Harbor
Myronus
USS Ohio
Olinda
Poling Bros #2
Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
Port Jefferson Inlet
Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
Smithtown Artificial Reef
Snug Harbor
Thames
Thelma Phoebe
U-853
Volund
Delaware River Water Gap

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.

Long Island Sound Dive Sites

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Atlantic

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: May 1846, Jeremiah Simonson, New York NY USA
Specs:: ( 320 x 36 ft ) 1112 gross tons, 75 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Friday November 26, 1846
boiler explosion; then grounded during storm on Fisher's Island - 45 casualties
Depth:: 20 ft

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Barataria

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1937, Bethlehem Beaumont, Beaumont TX USA
Specs:: ( 68 ft ) 4 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday November 25, 1971
structural failure during storm due to improper modifications - 2 casualties
Depth:: 136 ft

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Bayville barge

Bayville barge

Type:: shipwreck, barge, mini submarine (?)
Depth:: 25 ft

The visibility on this site varies. Average is 10-12ft. This site offers two wrecks which lie in 25 fsw. A British WWI two-man reconnaissance submarine and an old wooden barge. They are both within swimming distance from each other. The marine life is fair around these wrecks. There are a few car tires between the two wrecks and you may find an occasional lobster hiding inside them.

To locate the barge take a compass heading of 330 degrees from the pilings located on the east side of Greenwich Ave. It takes about 50 kick cycles to reach the wreck. To get to the submarine take a compass heading of 30 degrees from the same pilings. This can be reached in about 30 kick cycles. Both of the wrecks are not intact but make for a good dive.

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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 !

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Celtic / Cape Race

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

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Condor

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1906?
Specs:: ( 70 ft ) 54 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday December 7, 1983
fire - no casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

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Defender

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, private
Built:: 1906, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA,
as Simon Lake XV
Specs:: ( 92 x 13 ft ) 200 tons
Sunk:: 1946, scuttled

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Glen Island

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1880, Hillman Ship & Engine Building, Philadelphia PA USA, as City of Richmond
Specs:: ( 239 x 36 ft ) 615 gross tons, 31 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Saturday December 17, 1904
fire - 9 casualties
Depth:: 15 ft

outline of wooden hull, paddlewheel

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Gwendoline Steers

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1888, John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden NJ USA, as Douglas H. Thomas
Specs:: ( 97 x 21 ft ) 148 tons, 9 crew
Sunk:: Sunday December 30, 1962
cause unknown - no survivors
Depth:: 40 ft, starts at 20 ft

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HMS Culloden

Type:: shipwreck, frigate, British Royal Navy
Name:: The Battle of Culloden, where in 1745 the English army massacred the last of the Scottish resistance ( and much of the civilian population ), completing the English conquest of Scotland.
Built:: 1776, England
Specs:: ( 170 x 47 ft ) 1658 gross tons, 650 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 24, 1781
ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 20 ft

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Long Island Sound Dive Sites

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Blue Boy

Type:: shipwreck, dry-dock barge
Depth:

I don't know the reason for this offshore barge's name, other than it might well be the real one. Nevertheless, this wood barge, sometimes called a drydock lies in 120+ of water and is usually a very good lobster dive, albeit a deeper one. Bottom visibility is often cloudy to poor. It's not the best bottom conditions here, but a careful and advanced certified diver can bring home a lot of lobsters for dinner with a dive here. This spot isn't frequently dived.

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