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Scuba Forum / General / August 2005Scuba locations in the Northeast U.S.A.
I live in Central New Jersey. I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some places off of New Jersey, Maryland or Virginia. Can someone recommend some good locations and dive shops there?  SignaturePlease post and reply to sytech@yahoo.com Since you live in New Jersey, I would start with the New Jersey Scube web site: http://www.njscuba.com/ Diversion II / NJScuba.com > I live in Central New Jersey. I have YMCA Open Water Certification and > wanted to check out some places off of New Jersey, Maryland or > Virginia. > > Can someone recommend some good locations and dive shops there? > Since you live in New Jersey, I would start with the New Jersey Scuba > web site: > > http://www.njscuba.com/ The NJ original, started by Tracey Wagner Two other good websites for NJ dive info are: http://www.njscuba.net/ http://www.njdive.com/ -hh > I live in Central New Jersey. I have YMCA Open Water Certification and > wanted to check out some places off of New Jersey, Maryland or > Virginia. > > Can someone recommend some good locations and dive shops there? 1) Nitespark will be along, he lives south of you and knows the area. 2) There's world class wreck diving off NJ and NY, Google a quarry called Dutch Springs for inland. 3) Stop what you're doing this instant, and go buy the book "Shadow Divers". It's about your area, the best book about diving I ever read. Even the credits are interesting. 4) There's particularly good diving off VA Beach. >>I live in Central New Jersey. I have YMCA Open Water Certification and >>wanted to check out some places off of New Jersey, Maryland or [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 4) There's particularly good diving off VA Beach. Popeye...I am gonna throw a flag on #4. I am not saying the diving off Va. Beach is "bad" but I certainly wouldn't classify it as "particularly good". Given a choice between Morehead City/Beaufort, NC and Va. Beach, I would go with NC everytime. I have dove Va. Beach and it is OK. The viz is usually much better in NC. The marine life off the coast of NC is much better and I think the dive sites are better and more interesting. Not to say I won't dive Va. Beach. In fact I am looking at heading there to dive in the middle of September (conditions permitting). I still subscribe to the philosophy "A bad day diving beats a good day at work". Just did a week on the Nekton Pilot on the NW Bahamas itinerary so now I am spoiled to nice warm clear water. :( Just my $.02 worth. >>>I live in Central New Jersey. I have YMCA Open Water Certification and >>>wanted to check out some places off of New Jersey, Maryland or [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Just my $.02 worth. I wouldn't disagree a bit. I like low viz wrecks. :-) I'm not much of a flora and fauna guy... I just figured that VA B was a bit closer than Morehead City. >>>>I live in Central New Jersey. I have YMCA Open Water Certification and >>>>wanted to check out some places off of New Jersey, Maryland or [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > I just figured that VA B was a bit closer than Morehead City. Well if you like low viz wrecks, then Va. Beach is a good place. Last year I was diving the Brass Spike. First dive was about 15ft viz. Second dive was about 5ft. The seas were picking up after the second dive and it was a rough ride back to the dock. I heard on the NOAA wx radio that night, some locations were reporting 18ft seas. You are quite correct about Va Beach being closer, probably 3 hrs or so closer to the diver from the NJ or NY area. NC like Va. Beach, has nothing to offer as far as reefs are concerned, but last month, I was diving the wreck, "Carribsea", off NC and there were Sand Tiger sharks everywhere. Managed to get several good pictures. Andy > Well if you like low viz wrecks, then Va. Beach is a good place. Last > year I was diving the Brass Spike. First dive was about 15ft viz. Second [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Andy We need to hook up. I've done did the Carib Sea. I'm about 10 hrs from Morehead City when I'm home. >>Well if you like low viz wrecks, then Va. Beach is a good place. Last >>year I was diving the Brass Spike. First dive was about 15ft viz. Second [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > I'm about 10 hrs from Morehead City when I'm home. Works for me. I had not dove the Caribsea prior to this year. Same day, we dove the Spar. The Spar was interesting in that it was in real good shape. Lots of swim throughs and hidey holes. Only thing about the Spar, there were sea urchins EVERYWHERE. On the deck, on the walls, on the ceiling, on the railings. I have never seen that many sea urchins in one place before. Real good incentive to maintain good buoyancy. Morehead is about 6 hrs for me. Check your mail too. > > Just my $.02 worth. > > I wouldn't disagree a bit. I like low viz wrecks. :-) Then you're going to love the Yukon when you manage to get down here. > ? "nitespark" <nitespark@cox.net> wrote in message > ? news:Yn2Oe.5259$5U2.2187@lakeread07... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Then you're going to love the Yukon when you manage to get down here. Highly looking forward to it. > 2) There's world class wreck diving off NJ and NY, Google a quarry called > Dutch Springs for inland. I live just outside of Philly and did my training dives at Dutch Springs, but think Bainbridge (near Reading PA) is a little nicer (but not as deep...I put my depth gauge in the soot and it was a foot shallower than the map said at Bainbridge). NJ Scuba Divers Message Board: http://members3.boardhost.com/Modiver/ > I live in Central New Jersey. I have YMCA Open Water Certification and wanted to check out some places off of New Jersey, Maryland or Virginia. > > Can someone recommend some good locations and dive shops there? |
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