Another dive season coming up for RI/Jamestown/Newport

[Chip Elliott]

I use two. This one for water temps NDBC - Station NWPR1 Recent Data
This one for the weather and tide Jamestown

Thank you!

 

[Chip Elliott]

I have been using an app called Sea Status, seems to be accurate and gives wave height and tidal info.



I agree, night diving at FTW is a better option. My son has been bugging me to go there for a night dive but we will wait until the water temps go up a bit more.

AfterDark, I am in the same boat, sidelined with an injury. Blew my knee out fighting a fire, had surgery 2 weeks ago. Sucks royally. Was supposed to do some ice dives with my dive rescue team this past winter and had planned to go to Florida for an instructors class but the injury stopped that from happening.

Alas, Sea Status is only for iOS

 

[Chip Elliott]

I have been using an app called Sea Status, seems to be accurate and gives wave height and tidal info.



I agree, night diving at FTW is a better option. My son has been bugging me to go there for a night dive but we will wait until the water temps go up a bit more.

AfterDark, I am in the same boat, sidelined with an injury. Blew my knee out fighting a fire, had surgery 2 weeks ago. Sucks royally. Was supposed to do some ice dives with my dive rescue team this past winter and had planned to go to Florida for an instructors class but the injury stopped that from happening.

Get better quickly!!

 

[Resqdivemedic]

Thanks Chip. Can't happen fast enough.

 

[TMHeimer]

Is there somewhere online you can monitor the water temps?

NOAA has water temps. for all coastal U.S. Here near Halifax it was 43F as well on my dive yesterday--after weeks of continually at 38 in March/April.

 

[AfterDark]

I use the marine portion of the underground weather Marine Forecast | Weather Underground waves and water temps anywhere you want to know. The link I provided is for Narragansett Bay, this one Marine Weather | Weather Underground is the main marine page, from here you can check anywhere.

 

[CT-Rich]

I use the NOAA data collected from the boyues, at least until Trump has them disposed of... I use the surf/ weather cams for Narragansett and Newport. Gives wave height, period, water temp and wind direction. A sucky day for surfing is a good day for diving, generally speaking. It also has links to radar that shows painfully detailed ocean/wind data.

Narragansett Surf and Swell Size and Direction

Ruggles - Newport Surf and Swell Size and Direction

 

[CT-Rich]

afterdark, sorry to hear about your hand, feel better....

 

[swimlikethefish]

I was there on the 8th and 15th.

8th:
Surface temp 42
Temp at 60 feet was 36.
58 minute dive
VIS was 6 feet exactly. (Had a 6 foot leash to my partner and at times couldn't see him)
Dive time 915am
Low tide

15th:
Surface temp: 45
Temp at 72ft was 39
Temp at 15ft was 41
2 dives, 48 min and 36 min
Vis was give or take 15.
Dive time 11am to 2pm
Slack high to low

Both dives started and ended in right cove with the boat ramp.

 

[Basking Ridge Diver]

58 minute dive
VIS was 6 feet exactly. (Had a 6 foot leash to my partner and at times couldn't see him)

Trying to get the visual - you were tied to your partner for 58 minutes?