whats the best Boston wreck to dive

[Soggy]

Soggy did you relay dive the Andrea Doria ?

No, not me, but several board members have. I'm not qualified for that type of diving. You need special training, gear, and a lot of experience for a dive like that.

what's the max depth a recreational dive can go and still be safe ?

The industry standard is 60 ft for an Open water (OW) diver and 130 ft for an advanced open water diver (AOW). In your class, you will learn all about this and the relationships between depth and time.

sorry if this is a novice question I'm still learning. don't start class for another week

No problem. Hope you have a good class. Ask a lot of questions both of the instructor and here! Who are you training with?

 

[Gabriel90512]

No, not me, but several board members have. I'm not qualified for that type of diving. You need special training, gear, and a lot of experience for a dive like that.



The industry standard is 60 ft for an Open water (OW) diver and 130 ft for an advanced open water diver (AOW). In your class, you will learn all about this and the relationships between depth and time.




No problem. Hope you have a good class. Ask a lot of questions both of the instructor and here! Who are you training with?

Im training with mass diving out of framingham (ma)
Its strang .. i have not evern taken my first class and i spend
80% of my time thinking about scuba diving .... i guess i have the scuba bug lol

 

[matt_unique]

Soggy did you relay dive the Andrea Doria ?

that's over 200 feet down ? ......

what's the max depth a recreational dive can go and still be safe ?

sorry if this is a novice question I'm still learning. don't start class for another week

Soggy is right on the money but to add to that the max depth for you will be what you are comfortable with. The Poling is not something you would do out of the gate.

There are a bunch of wrecks in shallower depths. Unfortunately most wrecks in shallower water have been blown up as a hazzard to navigation or have been destroyed by the sea. This is a great link to explore wreck sites:

http://www.wreckhunter.net/

There are some wrecks that are very old with tons of great history. It is pretty cool to explore these sites realizing you are looking at structure from the 17/1800's.

--Matt

 

[matt_unique]

Im training with mass diving out of framingham (ma)
Its strang .. i have not evern taken my first class and i spend
80% of my time thinking about scuba diving .... i guess i have the scuba bug lol

My first scuba instructor was Brandon from Mass Diving. They will do a good job. The owner (Mark) has a reputation for experience and quality.

--Matt

 

[Soggy]

Soggy is right on the money but to add to that the max depth for you will be what you are comfortable with. The Poling is not something you would do out of the gate.

Absolutely! Even at 90ft, it is very cold and can be very dark. I've done dives on the Poling that I would *swear* were at night despite cloudless morning skies above.

I've never dived it, but the USS New Hampshire is a shallow local wreck that has a lot of history. Don't quote me, but I believe it was the sister-ship to the USS Constitution. The Chelsea is about 60fsw and there is also the Haight which is a debris field in 30-40 fsw. The Haight has an intact bow and some boilers that are interesting. Current can be pretty serious in the area, though.

 

[large_diver]

Gabriel,

As others have said, comfort and experience SHOULD also play a role in how deep you are going. Comfort so that you stay calm even when things are cold and dark. Experience so that you can react correctly if you have something go wrong at the given depth.

Setting personal depth limits is somewhat of a slippery topic. Like anything else, it makes sense to start slowly and work your way up.

Good luck with the class! The addiction will only get worse

-Chris

 

[PeaceDog]

I think we're all forgetting the greatest shallow-water wreck in all of New England...the wreck of the mighty Field & Sea in Hyannis, MA....

 

[MSilvia]

IMHO, the best boston area wrecks may be the ones that haven't been located yet!

 

[MASS-Diver]

The poling is my favorite wreck dive too. "Everyone" dives there, but who cares, it's a really cool wreck with a short boat ride to reach her. As people have pointed out, just because she is at rec depths doesn't mean it's an easy dive, in fact, there was a fatality on her 2 years ago.

For the best wreck of all of MA (at any depth), I'd have to say the recenlty discovered U-215 would be number one.

 

[MSilvia]

The Poling's cool, but I have to go with Soggy on this one... I've had WAY more fun diving the Pinthis wreck.