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Land of Lakes Southern Wreck Alley Home of Giants $5.95 US/CAN scubah2omag.com DECEMBER 2015 | Vol 19 • Issue 12 GULF MICHIGAN CATALINA SHORES Land of ISLAND Southern Lakes Home of Giants Wreck Alley CONTENT DEMA Rocks Orlando 6 SE Gulf Shores - Southern Wreck 8 Alley 8 LIDA Fim Festival 14 GO LOCAL NE Long Island’s Best Sites 18 18 in 2016 Diver Sync - Podcast 24 Article By MW Michigan - Land of Lakes 26 26 Rick Stratton Dive for a Cure 32 NW Inland Oregon’s Cool Rivers 34 and Cold Lakes 32 Local Diving Summit - Texas 38 SW Catalina Island, California 40 s the calendar pages change, I am preparing my editorial calendar for 2016. As we do each October and November, 40 we look at the past year, looking at actual accomplishment comparedA to the wonderful intentions that I had last fall. This Commercial Diving year, I am pleased with myself and my team/friends for what we 44 completed this year. We had a successful year, so successful that DAN - Overweight Divers 46 I decided to take on a massive project that I have been kicking UNEXSO Celebrates 50 Years 48 48 around for several years. Over the past 19 years I have focused my efforts on creating a monthly scuba magazine – focused primarily on supporting the sport locally. Dive locally and often has been our motto. As a Critter Corner 51 monthly magazine we would have different content in each issue Gear Check 52 that fit a particular theme or agenda but did not assemble the big Directories 53 picture. As we grew we expanded our focus to include other watersports, 51 and launched our SCUBA & H2O Adventures brand as an outreach to people that enjoy all kinds of watersports. That About the Cover venture is going great. Our SCUBA & H2O brand is growing leaps New Jersy diver Patricia Jordan and bounds, but as we grow we did not want to lose touch with SCUBA & H2O Adventure is Fairview, NJ captured this photo of a our core audience, local divers and the local dive community. published monthly by the Dive News Tiger Anemone and took third place in Network Media Group at PO Box last year’s BTS imaging competition. As we complete our 19th year, and begin our 20th season, we are kicking it up several notches. In early 2016 we are reconnecting 1494, Oak Harbor, WA 98277. The Publisher: Rick Stratton with our roots by reintroducing our core brands, Northwest, Dive News Network Media Group Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Dive News as a new reserves the right to refuse service to [email protected] Dive Guide Series. 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We 360.639.6977 invite letters to the editor, manuscripts can work together to get folks diving – and photographs related to diving or For more info, please visit locally and often. dive-related business. Send us your stories and photos! www.scubah2omag.com Rick 4 SCUBAH2OMAG.COM NE SCUBA :: DIVE DESTINATIONS :: NORTHEAST SHARKS, WRECKS, & THE SHORELINE: Long Island’s Top Dive Sites Text & Photography By: Michael Salvarezza Christopher Weaver Eco-Photo Explorers he waters surrounding New York’s Long Island provide a wide variety of adventure for SCUBA divers. Dive sites range from easy shore entries Tto challenging offshore shipwrecks. While visibility can be variable, ranging from a few inches to over 100 feet, the marine life, maritime history and scenic beauty of these sites is captivating. Along the shores of Long Island, divers can pursue the varied interests of underwater photography, marine life study, artifact recovery and spearfishing and with changing conditions throughout the year, divers can also hone their skills by conducting ice dives, drift dives, and offshore deep wreck exploration using technical diving techniques. Shore Dives BEACH 8TH AND 9TH STREET Photos By: Michael Salvarezza & Christopher Weaver of Eco-Photo Explorers Located in Far Rockaway, this is an easy shore entry dive. Divers swimming along beach. Divers should stay closer to shore OLD PONQUOGUE BRIDGE the rock jetty in front of 8th Street will find to avoid the strong currents in the Atlantic depths of 25-feet just a short swim from the Beach Inlet. Exploring the rock piles below Below the south side remains of the Old the surface, divers can find a wide variety of Ponquogue Bridge at Hampton Bays is one of marine life, ranging from macro subjects to the premier shore dive sites on Long Island. larger fish such as striped bass and black fish. The pilings from the bridge have created Visibility is variable but can reach 30 feet on a perfect habitat for a thriving ecosystem. good days. Limited parking is available at the Divers typically enter from the shore at end of Beach 8th Street in Far Rockaway, just the marine reserve park and swim to the steps from the dive site. beginnings of the bridge. Depths under the bridge reach about 30 feet and visibility is For local services, contact Swim and Scuba generally good, reaching 30-feet at times. of Rockville Center at www.swimandscuba. Here divers will encounter abundant beds THE SCUBA DIVING SPECIALISTS com Specializing in all things SCUBA Scuba Courses & Certification Equipment Rentals Service, Repairs & Air Fills Dive Trips & Charters Dive Charters on Lake George Learn to Dive Local Charters Service 201-321-6924 92 Central Ave, Albany NY Dead End Dock - 405 Channel Drive Pt. www.treasurecovedivers.com (518)456-8146 Pleasant Beach NJ 08742 18 SCUBAH2OMAG.COM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK NE abound, along with sea urchins, blackfish, bergall, and porgies. Depths reach about 25 feet and visibility is generally about 10 feet. Parking is permitted with a Town of Southampton Parking Permit or by paying parking admission to the Horton’s Point Lighthouse Museum. BAYVILLE BARGE Located off the beach at Greenwich Street in Bayville is the sunken wreck of an old barge. The barge itself makes for an interesting dive, but divers will also encounter abundant marine life including schools of blackfish, bergall, porgy, and even striped bass. The barge is easily located by swimming on a compass heading of 330 degrees from the Author Michael Salvarezza explores a shipwreck off Long Island. Photos By: Michael east side of Greenwich Avenue. The wreck Salvarezza & Christopher Weaver of Eco-Photo Explorers will be found in about 30 to 40 kicks. Depths will range to about 30 feet at the end of the wreck site. Visibility is variable, ranging from a few inches to several feet. Parking is not permitted on Greenwich Avenue and must be found elsewhere in Bayville. CAUMSETT STATE PARK Caumsett State Park is located on the shores of the Long Island Sound at Lloyd Neck. The dive site provides direct access to the sound and here divers will find a rocky bottom with flounder, skates, porgy, and an occasional blackfish. Visibility is variable and can reach 15 feet, and depths reach about 15 feet. This is a good dive for beginning divers and Divers exploring the Ponquogue Bridge. Photos By: Michael Salvarezza & Christopher Weaver of Eco-Photo Explorers of shellfish, and will often see striped bass, For local services, contact Hampton Dive sea robins, flounder, blackfish, and bergall. Center at www.hamptondive.com. In the late summer and autumn months, HORTON’S POINT divers frequently find tropical fish such as butterflyfish, angelfish, and even grouper The parking lot at Horton’s Point is at the top blown north in the Gulf Stream. Divers of a bluff and climbing down a staircase of Dive the wrecks off the coast of New Jersey must time their dive to coincide with slack about 120 steps accesses the dive site. From water as the currents under the bridge can be the beach in Southold, divers enter directly treacherous. Parking at the area is permitted into the Long Island Sound and can explore with a Town of Southampton Parking Permit.
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