Long Island Sound Dive Sites (3/4)

Long Island Sound - West Chart

Long Island Sound - East Chart

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Montauk Inlet


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.


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


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 Poling Brothers #2
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:
1863, USA
Specs:
( 116 x 23 ft ) 159 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday February 7, 1940
struck pack ice - no casualties
Depth:
65 ft

Port Jefferson Inlet


Port Jefferson Artificial Reef

1.79 nautical miles northeast of Port Jefferson Inlet, 0.08 sq miles
Depth: 88 to 94 feet


Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant

Now, most people would look at the heading on the page and think that I was crazy for diving near a nuclear power plant. Just to calm your fears, this power plant was never brought online, so there is no chance of getting radiated at this location (barring a nuclear war while you're diving). With that said, Shoreham can be a very interesting dive. Located on the north shore of Long Island (I don't know the name of the town, look on a map), it is a shallow dive with an average depth of around 16 ft. Visibility tends to be anywhere from 3 to 10 ft.


Smithtown Artificial Reef

1.6 nautical miles northwest of Stony Brook Harbor, 0.05 sq miles
Depth: 30 - 40 ft


Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1885, USA
Specs:
( 55 ft )
Sunk:
autumn 1973; foundered - no casualties
Depth:
100 ft

Long Island Sound Dive Sites

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Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge
Built:
1968, Kennedy Brown, Palatka FL
Specs:
( 71 ft ) 116 gross tons, 3 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no survivors
Depth:
75 ft