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lobster and fsh seeking shelter from Island divers who wish to stock their Some jetes mark the entrance to predators. On Long Island, divers will home aquariums, these lost tropicals boat channels. It is never legal, or most ofen see calico crabs, spider make a perfect additon as they will be safe, to dive on the inside of a boat crabs, rock crabs, and blue-claw crabs, unable to tolerate the coming winter channel. Do not “round the corner” at along with hermit crabs, moon snails, months. the point of the jety to venture into whelks, and scallops. the boat channel. Safely Diving the Jety In additon to the invertebrate life, If you are making a night dive along fsh fnd jetes a great place to hide, Although there are a number of jetes a jety, make sure you have a light hunt and raise their young. Hiding along our shores, it is not lawful or source on shore that you can rely on in the holes created by the jumbled permissible to dive all of them. Before to indicate where the dive should end rocks are bergall, blackfsh, black sea planning a jety dive, frst ensure that and be sure that you have redundant bass and an occasional American eel. it is legal to do so. In some cases, town light sources underwater while you Besides the fsh seeking shelter, divers permits may be required. Make sure are diving. who search the sandy botoms along you have these or you may face an the jety will fnd founder, sea robins expensive surprise when you surface Where to dive jetes on Long Island and porgy. Schools of striped bass, from your jety dive. menhaden, and bream will also visit There are several spectacular jety the jety and swarms of baitish will Even though jetes seem simple to dives on Long island. The Montauk ofen be found near the point of the navigate, always be sure to take a Twin Jetes, marking the eastern and breakwater. compass reading and use a dive fag western boundary of the entrance to to mark your presence in the water. Lake Montauk, make excellent night Jetes are home to virtually all species Recreatonal boats ofen use jetes as dives. Divers on the western jety will of marine life found in our local fshing spots and a dive fag will alert fnd water depths reaching 35 feet at waters. Divers who venture below at the boat operator to your presence. the tp of the jety where schools of night will be blessed with an explosion menhaden are ofen seen. of nightme actvity on the jety as Make sure you properly assess the anemones extend their tentacles, dive conditons prior to the dive. In the town of Southold, the East and crabs emerge from their crevices to Jetes can be subject to dramatc West Jetes alongside Mattuck Inlet scavenge for food and lobsters prowl tdal movement so a dive at low tde are home to a wide variety of marine for prey along the botom. might end up being too shallow. If life. A Town Parking Permit is required there are waves crashing against the at this site, but divers who are able During the late summer and early rocks, chances are visibility will be to dive here are rewarded with good autumn months, the Gulf Stream very diminished and the surge might conditons and great marine life. brings wayward tropical fsh to the be dangerous. waters of Long Island. These fsh, At Cedar Beach Town Park in the town caught in the northward bound When diving a jety, simply swim out of Mt. Sanai, two jetes extend out current of this great ocean river, alongside the jety untl you wish to into the Long Island Sound and are a fnd themselves a long way from turn around or untl you’ve reached favorite for both fsherman and scuba home in colder waters facing certain the point. Be careful of monoflament divers. The dives start in very shallow death in the coming winter months. line and other entanglement dangers water but depths can reach 20 feet or Triggerfsh, buterfyfsh, grouper, and as you explore the rockpile and don’t more at the tps of the jetes. even an occasional angelfsh can be reach into deep holes to avoid getng In the town of Greenport, one of the seen hiding along the jety. For Long stuck, stung or biten by something that might be living there. longest jetes on Long Island can
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