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The Continental USA/Fort Wetherill Rhode Island

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NA: "All I could see was the yellow wreck line", Aug, 2024, by Michael Good, CT, US ( 2 reports). Report 13017.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Living in CT I decided to go with two buddies to dive at Fort Wetherill in Jamestown Rhode Island which was said to have some of the better diving in the Northeast. There was ample parking, even some dive benches to set up your equipment and there was a boat ramp for easy entry. We planned to dive along a wall on the side of the cove. Unfortunately, upon descending we found that the visibility was about 3 feet. We immediately lost contact with one of our trio and had to surface to reunite. We then descended again and Cory, our most experienced buddy secured and then deployed a wreck line behind him as he swam along the wall with the remaining two following along. Given that I could barely see to the end of my fingers, I can report that I saw a yellow wreck line and then after that ran out, an orange wreck line during the dive! Still, in spite of the awful visibility, the cove was calm and it was a good learning experience, making me interested in acquiring the skill of deploying lines such as is taught to penetrating wreck and cave divers. This site is a very popular spot for dive shops to do their certification and advanced open water dives, but if the visibility is as poor as it was on our dive I can't imagine having a successful class under these conditions
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Catalina and San Clamente Islands, Isla Mujeres, Tahiti, Red Sea, Bermuda, Turkey, Akumal Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	66-°F / 19-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	3-3 Ft/ 1-1 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of NA in The Continental USA/Fort Wetherill Rhode Island

NA: "All I could see was the yellow wreck line", Aug, 2024,

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Dive Review of NA in
The Continental USA/Fort Wetherill Rhode Island