LI Diver
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Does anyone have any current water temp and vis reports for Brownstone quarry?? Mostly interested in shallow readings. Thanks!!!
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ScubaSarus
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Ill estimate 64 F with vis getting better as it was quite good 1 month ago.
Rainer
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It drops VERY quickly past 25'.
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ScubaSarus
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Ide say after the cold spells its about
65 at the surface to 15 ft
15 ft between 65 - 60 F
20ft - 55 F
30ft - 50 F
40ft - 45 F
50 ft and below - 40 F
Just rough estimates. There is the best diving between 0 and 20 ft and 40 ft + vis in some areas with nice large bass, large sunfish, humonous big blue fish of some sort (carp?) and eels to see in beautiful emerald green ledges. Dive along the top edge of the walls and you will eventually see these ledges. There are areas youll have to dive along nothing but wall (trust your compass). The walls beneath the water do not procede neatly around the perimeter of the quarry.
If you are lucky you can occasionally find tool a Frank broke and threw in the quarry out of fustration. He loves being reunited with his broken tools.
Stay above 20 (be trim and properly weighted) and you can circle the entire entrance half of the quarry. If you come up short its an easy snorkle back (dont put your mask on the forhead as there is some expensive masks down their already from divers snorkeling back losing their masks.).
What youll see at the bottom of the quarry is a nice brownstone wall and debris of you name it what people have thrown in there thru the centries. Youll need a good light as its dark but can be very clear in some areas.
65 at the surface to 15 ft
15 ft between 65 - 60 F
20ft - 55 F
30ft - 50 F
40ft - 45 F
50 ft and below - 40 F
Just rough estimates. There is the best diving between 0 and 20 ft and 40 ft + vis in some areas with nice large bass, large sunfish, humonous big blue fish of some sort (carp?) and eels to see in beautiful emerald green ledges. Dive along the top edge of the walls and you will eventually see these ledges. There are areas youll have to dive along nothing but wall (trust your compass). The walls beneath the water do not procede neatly around the perimeter of the quarry.
If you are lucky you can occasionally find tool a Frank broke and threw in the quarry out of fustration. He loves being reunited with his broken tools.
Stay above 20 (be trim and properly weighted) and you can circle the entire entrance half of the quarry. If you come up short its an easy snorkle back (dont put your mask on the forhead as there is some expensive masks down their already from divers snorkeling back losing their masks.).
What youll see at the bottom of the quarry is a nice brownstone wall and debris of you name it what people have thrown in there thru the centries. Youll need a good light as its dark but can be very clear in some areas.
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LI Diver
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Thanks SS very informative
Brownstone Park
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Perfect description above. Temps are in the lower 70s on the surface with a pretty hard theromocline at about 30'. Temp then drops to lower 40's. Visibility is probally the best it has been all year due to the drop in surface temps. We had about 20-30ft horizontaly last weekend. Of course it does get fuzzy in the 30-40ft range due to the thermocline. The bottom opens up real nice, but the tmeperature keeps most people away.
Although DUI Dog Days are this weekend, come and try out a new dry-suit.
Although DUI Dog Days are this weekend, come and try out a new dry-suit.
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ScubaSarus
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Plenty es601. Come in and someone will give you a dive plan. As I mentioned the best diving is above the thermocline. I used to just dive deep then after escorting people in the quarry, I started diving shallow in my wetsuit and discovered the nice ledges and the nice shallow areas with neat stuff to see. There is a car on a ledge, 2 boats and a truck all above the thermocline. Vis near the car on the ledge is often 30 ft + (dive it at night you'll be surrounded by eels).
A lot of divers don't ask and just go in, just ask and tell someone what diving you'de like to do and someone will guide you to a good dive to your specs. Its run by a good close nit group and you will not be left behinde as where to go. No diver is left behinde.
A lot of divers don't ask and just go in, just ask and tell someone what diving you'de like to do and someone will guide you to a good dive to your specs. Its run by a good close nit group and you will not be left behinde as where to go. No diver is left behinde.
ScubaShackCT
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Chris, your right on things!
He pretty much summed it up, All the good stuf is above the thermocline. The training platforms, the sunken boats, and all the fish, there not stupid..Also, if yo are trying out a drysuit, you will be escorted by an Instructor to help you out with the suit (Unless you are dry-suit certified). Also there will be an overabundance of people working the DUI Weekend, that have dove pretty much every inch of the quarry, that can point you in the right direction to see what you want to see.
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