Luca Brasi
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Has anyone done this dive recently? Any sit specific suggestions on making this dive? Thanks
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I've done this dive and you can really get some depth
Deep Dive” or “The Wall”
Aptly named, it is the deepest of the three sites featuring a rock wall whose coverage changes with the seasons…many divers love it the best when it is covered with colorful anemones. After parking and gearing up, head south toward the water along a wide, dirt/gravel path. On the left there will be a path down onto a cobblestone beach. Use caution during entrances and exits. There are multiple levels you can explore, but depths beyond 90 feet can be easily attained. Around 30 ft there is a ledge that is home to many different fishes and invertebrates. Northern Pufferfish and Burrfish have been known to swim around this region.
In true New England diving style, this site is highly dependent on the environmental conditions. The pebble beach can make for rough entrances and exits if the surf is high, so be sure to use caution. However, if you get blown out of this site or the light penetration is not high enough, it is easy enough to switch to one of the other two locations.
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Just dove that on August 23rd. Made it to the bottom of the wall at the end of the point an experienced some of the strongest currents I ever felt in that area. Usually get down to 75 feet and there is little to no current. This time it was nasty. The wall has some great features, just watch out for the incoming fishing lines.
Nice find! The most I ever found there was some lead fishing weights, a few derelict lobstah pots and a ton of fishing line. Last dive I got wrapped up pretty good but easily escaped.Yeah ya really need to pick your time and stick to it or deal with the current there. Also going around the point between Sandy Bottom Cove and West Cove can be 80+FSW and best done during slack when you'll still feel some degree of current and it can be going in opposite directions at different depths. Jamestown is an interesting place to dive for many reasons. I still have a clay jug I found at 100FSW the 1st time I did the Deep Wall dive in the 1980's. The jug is "stamped" E B Rich with blue coloring on some of the letters. The mouth looks like it had a cork.