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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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Mike 3
Jun 6, 2007, 12:00 AM
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I went in September, and the water was reasonably warm. I just snorkeled, and was in for a long time with a wet suit. I tried for a little while without one and didn't freeze to death or anything. There are some pretty nice fish here (as well as some comb jellies, starfish and other invertebrates), and some tropical ones ride up in the current as eggs and hatch in the fall, so you can find some really interesting things sometimes.
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