Wreck of the Patriot, Marine Life in Stellwagen Bank

[macado]

We had an awesome dive on the wreck of the F/V Patriot last Sunday. For those that have not been, the marine life (and visibility) in Stellwagen Bank rarely disappoints. While the Patriot is a small wreck (~60ft in length) the variety of marine life makes it a very popular dive.

All the usual suspects were out, walls of pollock, carpets of hake and sculpin. We also had two goosefish on the wreck. A few dogfish also (not in the video). Last August we had ~50 schooling dogfish on the wreck.

 

[CT-Rich]

Nice dive, awesome video.

 

[Resqdivemedic]

Great video, thanks for posting.

 

[Bison]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing!

 

[CuttlefishCuddler]

I was wondering if everyone with you was wearing dry suits, or is is possible to dive this site in a wetsuit?

 

[kmurray719]

I was wondering if everyone with you was wearing dry suits, or is is possible to dive this site in a wetsuit?

It is possible to dive in a wetsuit, though I think it is crazy to do. I dove it last summer with a few people in wetsuits. In August it was still 42 on the bottom.

 

[macado]

I was wondering if everyone with you was wearing dry suits, or is is possible to dive this site in a wetsuit?

I will echo what @kmurray719 said. It's possible. In fact there were 3 wetsuit divers on the boat. Two of them only did one dive because they were too chilled to do the second dive. It's about 41-43f on bottom. Some are more cold tolerant than others.