Advanced Dive Sites (Rhode Island)

Block Island:
Spartan was a steel Feighter, it sits at a 222ft long. Located on Old Harbor Point, South. This Freighter is a good ship to try if you are jsut beginning with ship wreck diving, it lies only 16ft under water, many pieces are still scattered across the ocean floor, in fact two boilers are lhying on their sides near the wreck and it is said that if you stand on one at low tide teh diver will be aboce water. There a re a few precautions when diving this site. ONly dive here when teh ocean is calm, if their are large swells then it can because hazardous; also if you arrive by boat, ther are several large boulders that lie just beneath the surface that can cause damage to your boat.


Charleston:
Mary Arnold An old tugboat 70ft below sea level. Located in Charlestown Breachway, teh bow has collapsed adn the deck is level; many of what remains is debris and the large equipment. About 100ft away are the remains of a second boat, Progress there is alot of its machinary remaining and people who dive this site still find artifacts.

Jamestown:
Kettle Rock Bottom is located about 1000 yard form the enterance tinto the west cove of FOrt Wtherill. Many people feel that boating is the only way to get to this dive site but once you get there this is a fun dive bewcause many ships have been known to be wrecked here, what makes it even more interesting is that teh various wrecks has caused many tropical fish and people have been known to encounter Tautog and even eels.

Misquamicut:
Metis is one of the harder wreck dives, it lies 130 ft below sea level, the ship was originally a freighter turned passanger ship. Around 5 miles southeast of Watch Hill the passanger ship was suddenly hit and finally sank in Misquamicut. The ship that hit them made it to dock without one loss of life, an ending the Metis was unable to make. THe Metis lost 1/3 of its passangers and many of the aritifacts that remain are hidden in the sand. Many major machinary peices are still scattered around the wreck as well.

Newport:
Explorer was a wooden trawler 62 foot long vessel. This wreck is very well preserved at only 90ft below the surface, but the diver must be very careful because the mass and outriggers still tower 50ft about the ocean floor. Massive amounts of sea life still clings to the cables anfd rigging which causes some clutter at the wreck. HOwever it is a very intrersting dive because of how intact the ship is still. Other than some holes form the original sinking hte boat still sits upright on the ocean floor.

George W. Humphrey an old wooden fisihgn steamer about 143 ft long. and lies only 15-20ft below the surface. WRecked off the coast of Newport Neck near Brenton Point, the reef is teaming with fish and many aritifacts are still recovered from this dive.

Wreck diving can often be very dangerous escpecially if you plan on going into the wreck, please remember that you hsould always dive with a buddy and make sure that you are comfortable enough and properly certified before you take on any of these dives.