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Cape Ann Diver II
(Image to the right) and the 31 foot Cape Ann Diver (Image just below and
left) take groups of 2 - 14 divers to New England's off-shore dive sites.
Each has heated cabins, walk-through sterns, and stable ladders. The
"Diver II" has a bathroom and a hot shower on deck. Our Captain and
crew will give you great site descriptions, however; they will not be
entering the water with you.
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Schedule |
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Sunday |
8 am & 1 pm |
11 am |
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Monday |
Closed |
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Tuesday |
Closed |
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Wednesday |
10 am |
11am |
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Thursday |
10 am |
11am |
Friday
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8 am |
11am |
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Saturday |
8 am & 1 pm |
11 am |
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Rates |
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Half Day Trip |
$75 per diver |
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Special Trip |
$109 per diver |
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The charter fees do not
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Reservations
Reservations are made by full pre-payment that is non
refundable. If you cancel your reservation you forfeit the full payment. If
our captain cancels the trip, we issue a full refund. Cancellations by our
Captain are made on the day of the charter, one hour before sailing time.
We cannot guarantee dive sites, alternate dive site selection does not
constitute a cancellation or a refund. You’ll meet at our store 1 hour before
sailing to fill out a waiver, present a certification card and get directions
to our boats. Please be at the marina 1/2 hour before sailing time, fully
loaded 15 minutes before departure time. Our boats sail on time.
Please call (978) 281-8082 for reservations.
Sorry we cannot accept
e-mail reservations.
Dive Sites
Here is a partial list of the dive sites we visit during our half-day trips.
Please note: this is only a partial list, and we have many other sites as
well.
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Depths |
Description |
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Boo Hoo Ledge |
15 - 70 |
Nice ledge drop off. |
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Braces Cove |
0 - 35 |
Boulder bottom, lots of
lobster. |
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Breakwater: Rockport |
0 - 60 |
Gobs of anemones, giant
granite blocks. |
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Burnham Rock |
55 – 130 |
Humungous rock, with
all kinds of cracks to explore, Tons of unusual inverts. |
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Egg Rock |
0 - 65 |
Island w/cavern,
overhangs, gorgeous. |
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Folly Point (West) |
0 - 65 |
Shear wall, over hangs,
crevices, Cod. |
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Folly Wall (East) |
0 - 45 |
Man made wall w/lots of
life. |
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Garden Pinnacle |
15 - 60 |
Pinnacle, drop offs,
flounder, pretty. |
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Half Way Rock |
0 - 100 |
Wall dive, lots of
invertebrates. |
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Halibut Point |
0 - 60 |
Giant shelves, pink
rocks, beautiful! |
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Hoop Pole Cove |
0 - 35 |
Big boulders, clear
water, lots of Bass. |
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Kettle Island |
0 - 45 |
Beautiful lots of fish
& invertebrates. |
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Lobster & Lobster |
0 - 35 |
Captain will pick the best
two dive sites for lobstering based on the day’s weather and latest
catches. |
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Oak Rock |
10 – 45 |
Cool granite pinnacle
near Thacher Island. |
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Paddock Rock |
0 - 80 |
Pinnacle, dramatic drop
offs, trenches. |
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Picket’s Ledge |
20 - 80 |
Granite ledge |
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S & M |
0 - 35 |
Good floundering &
lobstering. |
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Saddle Rock |
0 - 35 |
Channels in granite
with anemones. |
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Salt Rocks |
0 - 35 |
Gorgeous, lots of light
and life. |
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Salvages - Dry |
0 - 45 |
Rock reef, Harbor Seals
Oct - May . |
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Salvages - Little |
0-45 |
Rock reef, Harbor Seals
Oct - May. |
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**Saturday Night Ledge
(SNL) |
80 - 130 |
Huge cracks to explore.
Amazing invertebrate life. |
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Thacher Island |
0-50 |
Many sites on island,
good lobstering. |
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Wreck: Chelsea |
50-70 |
Bow ½ of tanker,
somewhat intact. |
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Wreck: Haight |
45 |
Great wreck, over 100’
of ship’s bow. |
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Wreck: Nina T |
80 - 100 |
Wooden fishing trawler
broken up. |
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Wreck: Chester Poling |
75 -100 |
Stern ½ of tanker,
upright, & lovely. |
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Wreck: Racketeer |
0 - 45 |
Ran aground on pretty
rock reef. |
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Wreck: Romance |
55 –85 |
Huge boilers covered
with anemones. |
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Wreck: USS NH |
0 - 35 |
Historic site: wreckage
well broken up. |
Special Trips
It's summer so why not blow off work and dive? It's as easy as playing hooky from
school. We've got all day trips planned for this season. There's nothing
better than spending the day on the water. Get yourself out of the cube for
an excellent day on the water!
Three Wrecks (3 Dives)** $109
Spend
all day diving 3 of Cape Ann's most popular wrecks. First, you'll dive the
stern half of the Chester A. Poling (resting at 100'), then the bow of the
Chelsea sitting in 70' is the 2nd dive. After the Chelsea we pull into
Rockport Harbor where you can get get off the boat and have lunch at any one
of the great restaurants downtown. After lunch you'll get back on board for a
short ride out to the remains of the liberty ship Charles Haight which lie in
45', with over 100' of wreckage to explore. After your third dive we'll take
you on a leisurely cruise the rest of the way around Cape Ann, and down the
scenic Annisquam river back to the dock.
Wreck: *Port Hunter ( 1 Dive) $75 **
After being rammed by a tug boat the 320 foot long freighter sank intact off
of Martha's Vineyard. The freighter was carrying military supplies including
railroad wheels, motorcylcles, wool underwear, and engines. The wrecks sits
upright and intact in 60 - 80 feet of water. There is an anti submarine gun
mounted to the stern. One of the coolest things about this wreck is the
amazing amount schooling fish, tautaug, cunner, and striped bass. Due to
currents we only due one dive at slack tide.
Wreck: The Pinthis ( 2 dives) $109
The Pinthis is a small coastal tanker that was rammed and sank upside down
East of Scicuate, MA. The hull of of the boat is covered with a field of
frilled anemones.
**Saturday Night Ledge
This is a unique rock formation off of Gloucester’s coast. The mooring is attached to a boulder in 80
feet of water, channels and grooves 3 foot to 15 foot deep radiate all
around. Maximum depth is about 130’,
shallowest point is about 80 feet.
Spiny sun stars (starfish) up
to 7” , unusual Badge stars and Basket Stars are some of the
inhabitants. Spiny dogfish school
there in the summer months. Navigation
back to the mooring is very important, for this reason you’ll need pre
approval to join us on this dive.
Next time you’re out with us on charter ask the Captain to observe
you, if they think you’re a candidate for SNL have them call the store so we
can add the designation to your customer card.
The Romance
The Romance was a 245 foot long steel excursion steamer on a return trip to
Boston from Provincetown on September 9, 1936, when it became engulfed in fog
and was nearly sheared in half by another boat. It sank in 85’ of water. (
From “New England’s Legacy of Shipwrecks” by Henry Keats) The boilers are still intact and are
encased by anemones. The bow is
somewhat intact and wreckage is scattered along the bottom.
**Please Note: Some Dives Require an Advanced Certification!
We require advanced certification (NAUI Advanced, PADI Advanced Open water,
or other agency equivalent) on dives where your only option is to go deeper
than 60 feet. You may dive at sites that are deeper than 60 feet without the
advanced certification if there is an option for you to stay shallower. Sites
like Paddock Rock- which are as deep as 80 feet- are not considered advanced
because you can stay as shallow as 15 feet. Only a few of the many dive sites
we go to have the restriction. They are: Chester A. Poling, Nina T, Chelsea,
Scalloping, 1/2 way rock, and Burnham Rock. We cannot make exceptions to this requirement, unless you are
diving with your instructor who has a current insurance policy and signs your
boat waiver.
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