We did the night dive at Nubble last night [8p-9p]. It was Lake Nubble conditions. Totally flat seas even in the s cove which is unusual. The viz was an amazing 25'. Amazing considering all the wind we've had the past few days. The critters all still out to sea apparently. We saw a couple small bugs. The traps were put out this past week. The cove is flooded with them again like last spring, but half of them will be pulled later as the summer gets here. There are just too many and there aren't really that many lobster in there. One thing I notice is they're using the sinking line instead of the flaoting kind. I guess it's a new law to help protect the whales. The sinking line sure makes a big difference for us divers. We worked out way around a maze of traps on the bottom and I didn't get hung up once with the dive flag [I know, I know - you don't need a flag in Maine. At night we hang a strobe off it near the surface - if any one is wondering that doesn't night dive.] We surface swam to the N end of the island and then worked our way SW across the sandy bottom of the cove and didn't see even one bug in motion. It was a great dive for the first long night dive of the new season. I guess we need to wait a few more weeks to see more color. There was a lot of bioluminescence [sp?] and there were lots of what we think might be brine shrimp or larvae or tiny, tiny fish. Last week at Newport I saw something similar in the water, but smaller, that looked like sperm swimming around. I looked at the N end of Long Sands and it looks like it might have potential at high tide as an alternate to Nubble when the cove is too rough. That is, if you just like putzing along and exploring the rocks in the shallows. I bet there's lots to see in there in the summer.
logistically not possible for me unfortunately ! let us know the outcome 
