Breakwater, Eastport, Maine:
Salt Water Dive
Elevation: Below 1000'
Visibility: 10'-12' on average
Access: Boat ramp or dock
Minimum Experience Level: Open water with no less than 10 logged dives.
Bottom Composition: Varies from packed rock and sand to high silt.
Marine Life: Northern red and frilled anemones, wide varieties of starfish including spiny sunstars and purple sunstars, nudibranch, urchins, scallops, blue mussels, green and brown crabs, lump fish, wolf fish, halibut, sculpin, haddock, eel, shrimp, wide variety of sea worms, wide variety of jellies, sand dollars, moon snails, hermit crabs, whelks, pollock, barnacles, limpets and much more.
Vegetation: Dulse, sea lettuce, kelp, and rockweed.
Attractions: Sunken salvageables such as clay pipes, lobster traps, bottles, sea glass, sunken buoys, anchors, etc. Seawall and piers to explore. A cavernous pier that houses numerous species and dive adventures on its own. Depths can approach 50' at high tide.
Notes: Eastern Maine has the most severe tides in the world. Eastport breakwater is a high traffic zone for commercial and recreational boats. Use extra caution when planning dives at this location. It is highly recommended that divers use full thermal protection as the water averages a cool 45-52 degrees. Dive Safe.
Elevation: Below 1000'
Visibility: 10'-12' on average
Access: Boat ramp or dock
Minimum Experience Level: Open water with no less than 10 logged dives.
Bottom Composition: Varies from packed rock and sand to high silt.
Marine Life: Northern red and frilled anemones, wide varieties of starfish including spiny sunstars and purple sunstars, nudibranch, urchins, scallops, blue mussels, green and brown crabs, lump fish, wolf fish, halibut, sculpin, haddock, eel, shrimp, wide variety of sea worms, wide variety of jellies, sand dollars, moon snails, hermit crabs, whelks, pollock, barnacles, limpets and much more.
Vegetation: Dulse, sea lettuce, kelp, and rockweed.
Attractions: Sunken salvageables such as clay pipes, lobster traps, bottles, sea glass, sunken buoys, anchors, etc. Seawall and piers to explore. A cavernous pier that houses numerous species and dive adventures on its own. Depths can approach 50' at high tide.
Notes: Eastern Maine has the most severe tides in the world. Eastport breakwater is a high traffic zone for commercial and recreational boats. Use extra caution when planning dives at this location. It is highly recommended that divers use full thermal protection as the water averages a cool 45-52 degrees. Dive Safe.