When the visibility isn't terrible, a dive under the public dock here is actually quite decent. Even so, I haven't had the urge to dive here for awhile. I recently noticed some kind of solid object on a side-scan image about 140 meters out from the dock. I was wondering if it was a small wreck and I used my curiosity as an excuse to dive here again (Dec. 12, 2017).
Visibility was pretty good for this area (15-20'). Whenever I dive here, I see bones scattered around. I always assumed they were from a seal or something. Today, there seemed to be more than usual. This time there were skulls lying around too so I could identify them as deer (I think). I wonder if the remains of deer carcasses are being dumped here to attract crabs (this dock is a popular spot to lower crab traps).
I left the dock and followed my compass out over the silty-sand bottom towards where I thought the wreck-like object on the side-scan image was. For a distance out from the dock, there were more bones, including some larger ones (maybe from elk or cattle?).
There were a couple of small rocks out here, but mostly the bottom was a plain of sand. At about 40' deep, I started to see lots of sea pens.
My maximum depth out here was 60'. I realized I must have missed the object I was looking for. It should have been up shallower. I did see several old abandoned crab traps. Some were still catching crabs. There were also the remains of dead crabs in the traps that had been trapped and died earlier. I cut a couple of the traps open to prevent them from killing more crabs.
I turned around and followed my compass back towards the dock looking for the wreck-like object. I followed a slightly different heading on the way back to cover different ground. At about 40-45' deep, I came across an area scattered with larger rocks.
I kept swimming towards the dock and at about 40' deep, I found a torn-apart fiberglass (I think) boat. I'm guessing this is the object shown on the sidescan image although I was expecting it to be a lot bigger.
I left the wreckage and continued to swim towards the dock. Eventually I saw the scattered bones and I was back at the dock.
