This dive needs to be timed so that you make it at slack tide only due to the strong current. High slack tide will give you the best visibility. There are lobster and lots of other marine life. Late in the season I have even found tropical fish there brought up by the gulf stream.

Take Sunrise Highway to Exit 65 South. Make a left onto Montauk Highway, then a right turn onto Ponquogue Avenue. Take this to the end and make a left on Shinnecock Avenue. Turn right on Foster Avenue, when you see the new bridge you can turn left just before it for the northern side of the bridge. For the southern side drive over the new bridge to the end of the road and make a U-turn onto the service road.

Ponquogue Bridge is also known as Old Ponquogue Bridge.

Ponquogue Bridge

I have done over 100 dives here.  The only thing that worries me is the current before and after slack. It is always good to anticipate slack.  I have done so many dives here that I don't mine days with poor visibility; I just enjoy a specific spot under the bridge.  I can spend over one hour under the bridge.  My longest is 101 minutes. Great place for night dive, too.  Divers have said that this is the best spot in the Northeast area and I believe so.

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