Salt Island - New England

Salt Island in New England offers a robust shore dive. You'll find rockfish nestled in crevices and often see lobsters scuttling across the bottom. The site is best suited for divers comfortable with colder water and New England conditions, ideal for a relaxed hunt for macro life.

Location: New England, United States, North America
Coordinates: 42.619170, -70.624490

Marine Protected Area: Milk Island

Nearby Dive Sites in New England

Ahern State Park - 10m
Andrea Doria (wreck)
(Approximately 65 ft long steel fishing trawler) - 27.400000000000002m (wreck)
Brace Cove (reef)
Brant Rock
Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park
Burlington Bay Horse Ferry - 15.24 (wreck)
Burnham Rocks
Cape Neddick Nubble
Cathedral Rocks
Cedar Island Ledge
Champlain II (wreck)
Chester E Poling Wreck (wreck)
City Of Portland (wreck)
City of Rockland Wreck (wreck)

Nearest Dive Centres to Salt Island

Marine Life in New England

Home to 35 recorded species including 26 reef fish, 4 sea snails & nudibranchs, 2 other, 1 sharks & rays, 1 octopus & squid, 1 clams & mussels.

Notable Species

sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) - Reef Fish
Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) - Reef Fish
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) - Reef Fish
Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) - Reef Fish
Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) - Reef Fish
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Reef Fish
salmon (Salmo salar) - Reef Fish
American eel (Anguilla rostrata) - Reef Fish
Cisco (Coregonus artedi) - Reef Fish
pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) - Reef Fish
Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) - Reef Fish
Great Pond Snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) - Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
Edible periwinkle (Littorina littorea) - Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) - Reef Fish
Atlantic oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea) - Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) - Reef Fish
Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) - Reef Fish
Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) - Reef Fish