Deepest Mass shore dive?

[matt_unique]

I have always understood Cathedral to be the deepest shore dive (about 75') available in Mass. Discussing this with another diver so I wanted to check to see if I was missing a site.

Thanks

--Matt

 

[Spectre]

Well, it depends on how far you want to swim

But yea, I don't know of anything that gets deeper than Cathedral.

 

[MSilvia]

There are some spots along Long Point and Wood End on the tip of Cape Cod that have a very steep drop off like that, and go as deep as 130' or so, but I don't have any idea if they're accessable, safe, or worth diving.

 

[PeaceDog]

At dead high tide, I've definitely passed the 80' mark at Cathedral. After that, it does plateau for quite a while so I have no idea what happens after that.

I have come fairly close to that at Folly before, too.

 

[matt_unique]

Ha ha - yes I should have specified 'within a relatively short swim'. The Azores can be accessed from shore if you swim far enough

 

[Soggy]

Ha ha - yes I should have specified 'within a relatively short swim'. The Azores can be accessed from shore if you swim far enough

LOL, I hear the Marianas trench is a good shore dive

 

[Spectre]

LOL, I hear the Marianas trench is a good shore dive

You may have a lot of gas in your 130s, but I don't think you'll be getting that far

Actually i was thinking more along the lines of Folly starts getting deeper when you get around the corner of the cove. I imagine it's not -that- unreasonable to get some more depth by swimming out farther.

Of course it's probably all sand; so what's the point?

Unless you want to shore dive off the breakwater in the harbor and swim your way to the poling

 

[Soggy]

Actually, one can get out to around 50-55 ft at Old Garden Beach if you swim out a long ways. We take a 30 degree heading and just go straight out. Surprisingly, there are a lot of lobster out that way.

 

[Gabriel90512]

You may have a lot of gas in your 130s, but I don't think you'll be getting that far

Actually i was thinking more along the lines of Folly starts getting deeper when you get around the corner of the cove. I imagine it's not -that- unreasonable to get some more depth by swimming out farther.

Of course it's probably all sand; so what's the point?

Unless you want to shore dive off the breakwater in the harbor and swim your way to the poling

I swam all the way around the left wall at Folly and hit 75FT... man that was a long swim back lol

 

[matt_unique]

I swam all the way around the left wall at Folly and hit 75FT... man that was a long swim back lol

I have been around the corner a few times too and it's just an absurd swim back. Ha ha - keeps hair on our chest though.

--Matt