anybody ever scuba dive on the eastcoast?

In a lake in Virginia to get padi certified.

I lived in OCMD for a few years and wanted to spearfish real bad. I hear that the OC inlet has an area that is very deep and on certain tides/days you can get great visibility and hunt big fishes.

 

Diving for 30 years. The further off shore you go the better the visibility. Used to be decent lobstering in the LI sound but they died off. Depending on the day the vis is good near shore. Scuba pro was/is top of the line i still have gear thats 25 years old.

 

Well I'm going to snokle around here once it cleans up. Can always head down the palm beach!!!!

 

Now you're making sense. If you like an adrenaline rush, do a night dive in the Palm Beach Inlet. Everything from spanish lobster (no season, no size limit!), moray eels, big slow snook, to bigguns out there.

I'd seriously check out a police manual on search and rescue diving if you like scuba diving muddy water. Might save your life some time. Those police divers are nuts.

 

Night dive in Florida lol to many sharks. I love eating eel and would love to spear some.

 

Just remember to paint the wetsuite first. And do a good job, all the time.

 

Certain days, the water in DE is really clear and I have seen guys snorkeling around the inlet, spear fishing. There is also a dive boat I see head out sometimes. I used to first mate on a tuna boat, the further off shore you get, the clearer the water. Have fun

 

Yes... visibility is rarely good near shore, but there are days where you can get 10-15 feet of viz relatively close to the beach. Like EC surfing... you just have to be on it when it's good or you miss out. But generally, once you get out to about 30' of water it tends to get better than inshore. It's weird though... sometimes it's clear near the surface and 0 viz at 30'... sometimes it's the opposite. Beach dives are iffy... boat dives are a little more reliable but you have to pay. Wind, choppe, and currents are a persistent challenge.

 

there is a tonne of diving and scuba up here in rhode island.

 

Some remarkably clear water too at certain spottes.

 

Its very good in RI. Good structure for many different forms of aquatic life.

 

And Maine & NH as well.

 

No scuba experience but I have done some "free diving" around the wrecks (only a couple of times). I have a couple of buddies that spearfish the wrecks when it gets clear. I have never spear fished but would like to try it.

 

nooooooooooooooooo

 

Some dude lost his wedding ring over board a few weeks ago off jersey whent back the next day with a salvage diver and he found it in like 10 mins so its deff possible.

 

I've been wanting to try spearfishing too.

Too bad Erock ain't around no mo. IIRC he went spearfishing right in the surf at WB on the reg. Even had his fishing license laminated since the cops kept hassling him.

 

Bro- They call the area near me the crystal coast for a reason (Southern NC). We have some awesome wrecks to explore. When the weather is right its really crystal clear. But I wouldn't recommend planning a trip here unless you can leave on short notice. One storm can fu-k up visibility for a couple of weeks.

 

i love the colour of the waves there it reminds me...the barrels are awesome.