Ft Wetherhill Rhode Island Diving

[tkaelin]

Guessed right. 10'-15' vis. Best I recall ever seeing it. Parking lot full but found a spot and geared up and got in quickly. Beautiful dive. Will post some pics later

 

[tkaelin]

Started my dive at 8:28 and beat the crowd (in the water). Most of the divers seemed to be in groups or classes and most were in the parking lot gearing up etc. Boat Ramp cove flat calm. High tide. Water temp was a very comfortable 72. No tropicals but tons of fish. Bait fish schools in the shallows, small 5-12"black fish everywhere, scup, black sea bass, starfish, crabs. Skies were mostly clouded over the entire dive with some peaks of sun towards the end. The underwater landscape was beautiful. My dive was on the far wall with a max depth of 23'. First time I remember being able to be 12' or so on a 25' wall and being able to look down and see the sand bottom and looking up and seeing rocks along the surface.

 

[tkaelin]

5' vis today.

 

[tkaelin]

So on my dive yesterday, ran across these fish and can't ID. Don't recall ever seeing them. In a small school, swimming along the bottom, maybe 8"-10" or so. Any help? This is a still from the video.

 

[Bubblesong]

Tomorrow, Saturday, Sept3 looks very good for diving, so I am loading up to go there for some metal detecting.Edit to add;
Looks like we need to visit in-laws on Saturday instead, i hope I can go Monday!

 

[formernuke]

I'm hoping so here. We got blown out today on long Island

 

[tkaelin]

Here is the video if this helps in trying to identify these fish.

 

[tkaelin]

Finally have an ID thanks to CT-RICH. Kingfish.

 

[RIHappyDiver]

Finally have an ID thanks to CT-RICH. Kingfish.

What are they?

 

[tkaelin]

Kingfish!