Shark River - A Street

Shark River - A Street
View of the up-river area, looking southeast. Either side is diveable upstream to the first road. The entry location is just to the right of the apartments.

Yet another place to dive the Shark River is on the south side, near the intersection of 1st Avenue and A Street, behind the apartments. There is limited but very convenient free parking. A small cement stairway leads down to a concrete ledge above the water. Climb down between the big rock and the bulkhead, where you will find more steps underwater. ( Whoever B.M and M.M. are - thank you! )

Shark River - A Street
Seen from across the river
Red Weed

The bottom here is much like the rest of the river - sand and mussels. The rocks in this sunny spot are covered with orange sponges, red and green seaweeds, and anemones - very pretty. Depths are in the 10-15 foot range, although you may want to stay higher where the light and colors are better. The rocks are large and not closely packed, so you can swim in and around them. Tropical fish seem to favor this spot.

The bulkhead is not very interesting, which is ok because you are not supposed to go that way anyway. The topside ledge at the water's edge goes almost all the way to the bridge and is quite walkable and not too bad a climb out of the water so that you could ride the tide downstream and then climb out and hike back.

As of 2006, mussels have completely overgrown the bottom at this site, and only small patches of sand can be found between the rocks.

Shark River Rules

Tides


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Cladophera
Cladophera
Sea Lettuce
Ulva or Sea Lettuce
Hollow Green Weed
Enteromorpha or Hollow Green Weed
Green Algae

Green algae take many forms, some of which superficially resemble grass and other plants. Cladophora grows in tufts 3"-12" in size. Sea Lettuce - Ulva lactuca - is a green algae that grows in large sheets up to 36" like tissue paper. Small specimens are attached, but large ones are usually found drifting. It is edible and extremely common in protected waters. Enteromorpha algae superficially resembles eelgrass, and like eelgrass may also grow in thick beds.

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