Long Island Sound Dive Sites (3/4)
Long Island Sound - West Chart
- 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
- Pinnacle
- Poling Bros #2
- Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
- Port Jefferson Inlet
- Puszta
- Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
- Smithtown Artificial Reef
- Snug Harbor
- Thames
- Thelma Phoebe
- U-853
- Volund
- Delaware River Water Gap
- Block Island Wind Farm
Long Island Sound - East Chart
- 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
- USS L-8
- Larchmont
- Lexington
- Lightburne
- Malden
- Matinecock Artificial Reef
- Mattituck Inlet
- Mattituck Artificial Reef
- Montauk Inlet
- Mount Sinai Harbor
- Myronus
- USS Ohio
- Olinda
- Pinnacle
- Poling Bros #2
- Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
- Port Jefferson Inlet
- Puszta
- Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
- Smithtown Artificial Reef
- Snug Harbor
- Thames
- Thelma Phoebe
- U-853
- Volund
- Delaware River Water Gap
- Block Island Wind Farm
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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.
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- 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
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Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
1.79 nautical miles northeast of Port Jefferson Inlet, 0.08 sq miles
Depth: 88 to 94 feet
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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.
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Smithtown Artificial Reef
1.6 nautical miles northwest of Stony Brook Harbor, 0.05 sq miles
Depth: 30 - 40 ft
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Cyprinus carpio
Size
to 36"
( record over 6 ft )
Description
A heavy-bodied, laterally compressed minnow with a long dorsal fin and arched back. The first ray of the dorsal and anal fins is a stout, serrated spine. The small triangular head tapers to a blunt snout. The small, protrusible mouth contains no teeth and is located below the snout. There are two pairs of barbels on the upper jaw. Body color is brassy green on top grading to bronze or gold on sides. The belly is yellowish-white. Fins typically are yellow, orange, golden, or light olive in color. The wild type of common carp is completely covered with large, round scales. Mirror carp has a few very large scales scattered over the body and leather carp are virtually scaleless.
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