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Lol, Rhode Island and Connecticut are so small I've always thought the should just make one state out of them. They could call it Conn Island in honor of John Rowland and Buddy Cianci.

That's not true, BUAR - Exempted Shipwreck Sites " Recreational diving activities, including casual artifact collection, on exempted shipwreck sites do not require a permit..."

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Great diving! Here is a link to a video I took off of Nauset several years ago, Here is a link to a picture that a buddy of mine took on the same wreck this year. Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Guess what did that. Personally I have no problems diving on the wrecks up there from a boat...

Try lighting from the side instead of from the front.

I went spearfishing there once (freediving). We had to park in town and walk out to the point. It would be a long walk with scuba gear but it is doable for young motivated individuals and it was a very nice dive.. Now days if I have to walk any further then to the back of the boat in full scuba...

It is a Salp but I'm pretty sure that it is Thalia not Salpa (democratica is the species I believe). This salp is common in southern New England coastal waters during the summer and early fall. Was rare north of the Cape but with warmer ocean temps it may become more common. Salps have a...

Which recent studies suggest that PO2 should be no higher then 1.3?

I dove Eastport in 2011. At high tide it was one of the best shore dives I’ve done. At low tide I found the hike to be a bit tedious. We did visit the Eastport diveshop. They were closing down for the season but I really didn’t need extra gas with my twin 3 litter cylinders...

At least for deeper reefs the litureature indicates otherwise. M.P. Lesser and M. Slattery, 2011. Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef. Biol Invasions 13:1855–1868. Abstract...

I just did two shore dives at Eastport ME, at the old dock last week. Twenty five foot of visibility and water temps in the mid fifties, toasty. We spent time surrounded by a large school of Pollack and the bottom was covered with sea scallops, old bottles and broken plates. This site has a...

Sunday the 25th, off of Fort Point (Bull Point), at twenty feet, we had 15-20 feet of vis, and at a 120 feet (East Passage) we had about 7 foot vis.

The following article is available through the Rubicon Foundation website. Chapman SD, Plato PA. Measurement of Fatigue following 18 msw Open Water Dives Breathing Air or EAN36. In: Brueggeman P, Pollock NW, eds. Diving for Science 2008. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater...

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