CASCO ISLAND - SUPER DRIFT DIVE , SUPER DAY

I f you're lucky enough to be drifting on Head Harbour Passage on a hot August day you will see boats of all descriptions littered upon the water. They are there for myriad reasons : the fishing , the whales , or like me, the diving. Where the submarine power cable crosses to Campobello and just off a small ledge in front of Casco Island you will find a super drift diving location.
This place has a lot to offer. There are great bottom structures with deep crevices and steep walls crammed with invertebrate life. Photographers can go macro or wide angle. The tidal current runs more or less parallel to the walls giving the diver a train window's view of the sights. And what sights! Huge basket stars, northern red anemones , and what's this? A submarine power cable tracking off into the distance. T he current here is powerful so take a dive flag and an observant boat operator.
Top side in this area can provide some excitement of it's own. As I was chasing schools of fish around the water column, the boat crew were watching a Fin whale chasing those same fish. After a great dive a little fishing can fill that surface interval.
So, Casco Island , tough to get to but well the effort. Maybe the next hot August day you'll think about giving it a try.
Enjoy diving.

Story supplied by: David Logan