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Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Fort Wetherill
Fort Wetherill is a scuba location with two dive sites. The left and right cove. The left cove has a small goat path down to the water. The right cove has a boat ramp entry, can get busy so yield to boats. Both coves have okay viz. (3-10 feet) and have pretty good life. Averages 5 feet but classes frequently drop the viz to less than 5, still plenty of room though to get away from groups. Flounder, fish, starfish, crabs, lobster, eel grass. I believe the left cove along the right wall is the best of the two. Porta potties. Easy and plentiful parking.
Route 138 east over the Jamestown Bridge, exit just before the toll booths, straight on Narragansett, bear left at the fork, follow signs to the park. Plenty of parking close to the entries. GPS: N 41 28.774 W 071 21.618
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Warm Water Diver
Aug 18, 2011, 12:00 AM
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OK nobody has said anything for a couple of years so just my 2 cents. It's a very nice dive site for a beginner. My 12 year old needed to dive some more and this was a perfect spot. You can brush up on skills and get ready for going somewhere fancy. Just walk down a little cement boat ramp and you are in. No showers, just porta potties but what do you expect for free! There is some current out by the channel but if you stay on the right side inlet it's calm. I got tangled up in some guy's fishing line on the left hand inlet which was annoying -- he had out 5 lines (!). Didn't have to cut free but thought about it! Vis was OK, I'm still learning what is good up here in New England. . . Lots of fish and crabs -- fun dive even for me!
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