Dive number: 696 & 697
Date / time: Sat Jul 19, 2025
Dive site: Folly Cove, Massachusetts
Bottom Time: 2h9 (1h5 + 1h4)
Water Temperature: 48F @ 45 feet at the point, 54F elsewhere
My buddy brought his underwater scooters for some powered exploration, so we zipped straight out to the left point to work our way back on the swim. Once we got out there, I spent some time looking around for scarlet psolus, which seem to magically appear around 40-50 feet of depth. I found one that was totally closed up and then one that was open and feeding. We started our swim back in because it was 48F at depth, visited the northern red, and swam along the top to warm up a bit. I had my 60mm macro lens and +12.5 diopter - my best shot was definitely a tiny Eubranchus exiguus on some kelp. Looking forward to playing with this lens some more!
We swapped over to extra batteries for the scooters and planned to jet over to the wall by the Lobster Pool. Neither of us had been over there, so the plan was to head north until we could turn east and then head over to the wall. It took longer to make the turn than we expected, so we kept popping up to see if we were in the right spot. My buddy's scooter was running low on battery, so we went on low power to conserve. Once we got there, we started exploring the wall and it's a really cool spot. We were there around low tide, so the corner of the wall dropped to around 30 feet. The wall itself has all sort of crevices for critters to hide in and then off the wall are some large chunks of granite providing more shelter. I didn't take many pictures, but this was a fun exploration dive. The scooters were a blast!
Here's a map of the dives:
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