Weekend Trip Suggestions from NYC

[tommays]

Well your NOT going to enjoy swimming on LIS this season as for some strange reason the jelly fish are OUT OF CONTROL


And with the way they have been stoping shellfishing and closeing beaches this year i would not say the water quality is real nice anyway



Cant even clean the bottom this early without a wetsuit

[CalebD]

I like swimming in the LI Sound but Tommays is correct about the jelly fish. I noticed them in the water over a month ago which is odd since they usually peak with the warm water in August/September. I do not think that the species of jelly fish that we have now are the real nasty red stingy ones we get in high summer though.
You might consider going up the Hudson to Haverstraw Marina (@ 30 nm) which had a pool when I was last there. Nice scenery for the most part.
You might also consider going down the Jersey coast to Shark River Inlet (@ 10 nm).
I think that your cleanest salt water experiences would be found around Gardiner's Bay which is a bit far for a weekend expedition. Doing the East River is a blast but you do have to time it with the tides.
Enjoy.

[nk235]

I just read an article about someone swimming in the east river....Oh wait nevermind it was just a dead body...

I actually live on the east river in Long Island City and took my 25' boat from Northport to Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey last year. We times the tides perfect so it only took as about 6 hours. Northport and Huntington are nice or even if you don't want to go that far you can go to Manhasset Bay, Oyster Bay. Much further east you have Port Jeff which is a greta little harbor with a lot to do in terms of restaurants, bars, walking around.

[BeckNYC]

Thanks for all the good info, everyone! Can't wait to take a few trips, especially when/if the weather ever starts cooperating!

Beck

[bubb2]

Originally Posted by BeckNYC

Thanks for all the good info, everyone! Can't wait to take a few trips, especially when/if the weather ever starts cooperating!

Beck

No Kidding! This has been the worst spring for sailing in last 10 years.