Im up Nubble sometimes twice a week. Its my favorite shore dive in the area. Its all rock, so its clean ( no sand to get into your gear ). If you get up there early on a weekday parking is good. On a weekend forget it ! During the summer season the bath rooms are open and there is a small seafood stand right at the dive sight. From the entry point it can get deep fast. Just 30 or 40 feet off shore could put you in 25fsw. From the entry point, if you take a compass heading of 90 degrees it will put you on a wall. This is a no brainer because as you stand at the entry point you can see the wall sticking out of the water right in front of you. If you take a left at this wall and follow it ( keeping the wall on your right ) you can reach a depth of 80fsw at high tide. The bottom is a mix of everything, rock, sand , plant & animal. If the visibility is good this place can be a very pretty dive, with the most to see being at the shallower depths. I tend to go towards the deeper depths, because I get to see things that most of the other divers dont see when they dive the Nubble. Things get bigger out where its deeper and encounters with large marine life are rare but rewording. I just came back from a dive at Nubble on 06/29 and saw the largest wolf eel that I have ever seen. It was in 73fsw and I took a couple of photos of it. The visibility was poor so I hope the pics come out. This wolf eel was big enough to swallow a small child. If they come out Ill post one.
One word of caution: From the entry point if you take a sharp left and loop around to the small cove on the left side, you will find this to be an extremely beautiful dive area. However diving here, you expose yourself to people fishing off of the rocks. At any given time there can be 10 or more people cast fishing off the rocks. There may be no one there when you start your dive, but then arrive afterwards. Many dont understand the dive flag thing and will indiscriminately cast their hooks in any direction. So be careful and dive safe
Arduous