I went by the Diamond Island site a few times recently. Once to dive (but the winds were too strong to get a reliable bite with the anchor) and two more times to show my wife and kids the site. It's a cool site to show them just because of how quickly it gets deep. I took the boat about ten feet from shore over by the big rock near "Empty Pockets" wreck, and told them to look down. It's probably 20-30 feet deep right there.
Regarding the curious "flag peeper" -- What a dope! Yikes, good thing you weren't surfacing.
BTW -- How do you find the wreck from the surface? When we last found it, we swam out and got to about 54' and went back and forth -- didn't find it. Then, as we headed toward the island, we came across the little sunken dingy in about 20-30 feet of water. It had a line running from it, so we followed it and it led right to the boat. I suppose a fish finder would locate it easily. I know you can take a bearing from the big rock and just head out to 54', but I forget the degrees. Duh. Cool wreck, though. Too bad people are prying stuff off of it (nameplate from transom disappeared last summer). Wonder if the key is still in the ignition?
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