Instant Reader Report
on Cape Ann Divers / [same] in
USA (Continental) / Gloucester, MA on
2003/06
by
Joseph Gallagher , IN, us
Report Number 031012154628293

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Dive Conditions

Encouraged to come back on boat with 500 psi  

New England Diving at its most independant.  You are on your own, come with
whatever you need and figure out the best way to prepare everything for two
dives before getting on the boat  

Overall Rating

Cape Ann Diving offers challenging boat diving for the hardy.  Most of the
divers from New England dove with drysuits.  One diver after fighting the
surge in the cold for 20 minutes was found in the Cape Ann Dive shop after
the dive buying a dry suit claiming he wasn't going to dive cold again.  

Baot dives go to a variety of sites inlcuding one which features diving
with Seals.  We dove a wreck, Chester Poling, in 80-90 feet of water
(depending on tides) at the mouth of Gloucester Bay.  Dive is for the
experienced as limited visibility, surges and thermal climes tend to
challenge beginners.  The wreck is covered with anemones and normally
crawling with crabs as well as a lobster or two.  Locals can obtain a
license to catch lobsters.  Bring everything you need to be self
sufficient on the boat, it acts mainly as a taxi to get you to a site.  

There is aboundant shore diving in Gloucester and it is recommended to
check with Cape Ann Divers on tides and wind conditions to diecide which
is the best shore divesite to choose.    
  

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