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At the dock
On
the way
In
the water
Treasure
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NEW LOCAL
WRECK FOUND!!!
INFO BELOW UNDER WRECK DIVING!!
WE LOVE TO
DIVE HERE TOO!
Orbit
Marine operates two dive boats out of Capt. Cove Marina, historic Black
Rock, Bridgeport. Local dives are offered from May through October, in
addition to the year round Caribbean, Florida, and international
destinations. Local dives are offered each weekend day in addition to
Wednesday morning dives during the week. Call the shop at
203-333-DIVE (3483) or 1-800-395-DIVE (3483), to ask for specific days
and times for local dive trips.
From
Memorial Day through the end of October, Long Island Sound offers local
divers the best of both worlds! Water tempertures range from the
mid fifties in early spring and rise to 73 degrees the end of
September!
Visibility will always depend upon rainfall and time of season.
Early spring, when rainfall is typically heavier than summer months,
limited visibility due to runoff and plankton bloom is normal.
Visibility this time of year is between 3'-8'. Come late June,
the dryer season begins and visibility and temperatures rise. Vis
will get up to 15' (great for notheast diving!) with water tempertures
heading for the 70's!
Local marine life is abundant! We have five varieties of sponges,
coral, sea anemonies, sea urchins, sea stars, welks, moon snails,
cunners, black fish, stripedbass, flounder, fluke, lobster,
skates, clams, oysters to name a few.
OPEN
WATER TRAINING DIVES
Our dive students do their training dives right here! No need to
travel out of state for long costly weekends away from home and
family. Our Open Water student dives are offered every
Saturday and Sunday mornings or afternoons from 7am-noon or
1-4:30pm.
Open Water student dives are performed in 20-30' of water around our
local rock reefs, wrecks and light stations. Our Open Water
training dives package includes
two mornings/afternoons of instructor lead boat dives
daily (four training dives total), use of tanks, weights, weight belt,
BCD,
regulator, wet suit jacket, pants and hood. PADI or
SDI Open
Water Diver certification is also included. Not included are
student's mask, snorkel, fins, booties, gloves and log book.
Gloves
can be rented for just $3 per day. Total cost for this package is
only $210.00.
Referral students
from outside Orbit Marine, please add $50.00 registration/extra
instructor fee.
WRECK
DIVING
Our local wreck sites
consist of several mid 1800's schooners, a tug boat and barge (sank
1984), an early 1900's schooner barge and other unknown recently found
wreckage. Depth ranges from 20'-85', depending upon the wreck
site. Our wreck dives are 7am-9:30am Wednesday, 8am-12 noon Saturday
and
Sunday. Wednesday's 1 tank mid week dive is just $40. Shallow reef,
Saturday
and Sunday morning or afternoon dives are $65.00. The cost for a two
tank deeper wreck dive is $70.00. No
gear rental is
included in the charter fee.
Besides offering warm, clear far off dive travel every month, we still
offer our local dives as well. Come see for yourself why
Orbit Marine has been a dive leader for 35 years! We do it
all....for you!
STOP
THE
PRESSES!! I RECENTLY FOUND (JULY 16,'05) A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN
WRECK
IN ONLY 25' OF WATER! THUS FAR, MANY BRASS GATE & BALL VALVES HAVE
BEEN
RECOVERED ALONG WITH TWO STEAM ENGINES, STEAM PUMP VALVE,
WOOD PLANKING/DECKING AND FIRE BRICK! A BEAUTIFUL, INTACT PORT
HOLE, TWO BOILER PLATES (MARKED 1902), TWO CHURCH KEY LOCKS AND A PIECE
OF POTTERY HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND! WE'RE GOING BACK IN '08 WITH AN AIR
DREDGE FOR DIVERS TO USE! "CAPT. NOEL'S MUD
SUCK DIVES" ARE NOW HERE! WE'RE "SUCKING" HARD TO
SEE WHAT THIS WRECK WILL GIVE
UP! WE'LL KEEP YOU
POSTED!! COME JOIN US IN OUR RECENT DISCOVERY!
WE'RE FUN!
COME DIVE & PLAY WITH US.....LOCALLY!
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