OLD FERRY PIER

DIRECTIONS:                                  (Lawrence, Nassau County)

NOTE: There is presently no available parking at this site. The only access is by boat.

Take Sunrise Highway into the town of Lynbrook. Turn south on Broadway, then left onto Causeway Road. Turn left on Seaview Avenue and take it to the end. It turns right and changes names to Oxford. Oxford then turns left and becomes Prospect Place, which will bring you to a private yacht club. Again, no parking is permitted, but I will describe the dive for those who can find access by boat or other means.

CONDITIONS:

In 1982 my diving buddy, Rick Schwarz, and I dove this site after an old map showed us the location of a ferry pier. I was able to get permission from the yacht club, and we soon found ourselves along with other dive buddies, recovering hundreds of old blob top bottles dating back to the late 1800's. During every dive, each of us would literally fill two nylon bags with everything from beer to medicine bottles.

The remains of the pier are located at the entrance to Snake Creek on Reynolds Channel. The water is very shallow. At high tide it ranges from only two feet to eight feet, and at low tide there is hardly enough water to swim in. There is also a very strong current that whips around the point, constantly burying and uncovering bottles. When diving here we wear a little extra weight and bring a small garden type claw. This claw not only serves as a digging tool, but helps to hold ourselves in position against the current.

In 1991, Rick and I, along with divers, Mel Brenner and Mike McMeekin, returned to the Old Ferry Pier We were pleasantly surprised to find that bottles could still be found. It wasn't like the old days when at the end of the dive it was hard to carry the full bag of bottles, but the site was still productive. One should note that most of the remaining bottles are buried, and probing or digging in the sand is required to locate them.

Long Island Shore Diver ebook The Scuba Diver's guide to Long Island NY Beach Diving. Buy Now   only $9.95 6.5 MB instant download, printable  PDF file Long Island Shore Diver, 3rd Edition is the most comprehensive, accurate, illustrated collection of information, photographs, sketches and stories ever written about the beach dive sites off Long Island, New York. This ebook is a new updated, expanded and enhanced color edition of Dan Berg's original Shore Diver book, which over the years has become the diver's bible to finding and exploring the fascinating beach sites off Long Island. Included within the text are car directions and complete dive site conditions to over 60 sites. The text is heavily illustrated with 110 color photographs, black & White photographs, and triangulation sketches. Divers, fisherman, marine historians, armchair sailors or anyone with a general interest in history, diving, or the sea will surely find this ebook informative, fascinating and the perfect addition to their library   Check out Capt Dan's other shipwreck and scuba eBooks