Diving in NJ as a visitor

[jborg]

Hey all! So I'm Swedish and do most of my diving around here - drysuit, doubles, bad viz, the usual cold water stuff. It so happens I now work for a company that has their head office in New Jersey and I visit now and then. It'd be cool to take an extra day or two some time and do some diving, but I'm not sure how, or if that's doable. It looks (from reading a few threads here) like the scene in NJ is kinda like the scene here; local divers who all know each other and have all their gear hop on the boat, which is mostly just a taxi, do their thing, get picked up, and go home. None of the tropical resort style stuff. Is there some shop that would rent a drysuit and bp/w to an outsider, and would there be someone to join on a dive? I've never actually rented a drysuit anywhere before, so I'm not even sure it's a good idea, but I don't think I'd want to bring all my stuff just for a single dive or two at the tail end of a work week... Or actually, thinking more about it, maybe that's actually the best way to do it...

 

[coldwaterglutton]

Where in New Jersey? It's a big place. This shop is good but way south:

ATLANTIC DIVERS

<center> <br> <br> <br> The Serious Wreck Divers Choice!<br> Safe Wreck Diving through Education and Quality Leadership.<br> 795 Route 109<br> Cape May, NJ 08204<br> atlanticdivers@seagearmarine.com<br> (609) 884-0330</center>

www.njwreckdivers.com

 

[jborg]

Hanover, specifically.

 

[agilis]

Hey all! So I'm Swedish and do most of my diving around here - drysuit, doubles, bad viz, the usual cold water stuff. It so happens I now work for a company that has their head office in New Jersey and I visit now and then. It'd be cool to take an extra day or two some time and do some diving, but I'm not sure how, or if that's doable. It looks (from reading a few threads here) like the scene in NJ is kinda like the scene here; local divers who all know each other and have all their gear hop on the boat, which is mostly just a taxi, do their thing, get picked up, and go home. None of the tropical resort style stuff. Is there some shop that would rent a drysuit and bp/w to an outsider, and would there be someone to join on a dive? I've never actually rented a drysuit anywhere before, so I'm not even sure it's a good idea, but I don't think I'd want to bring all my stuff just for a single dive or two at the tail end of a work week... Or actually, thinking more about it, maybe that's actually the best way to do it...

There are about a half dozen scuba diving boats open to the public in coastal NJ. Try njscuba.net for details as their schedules are changeable and diving them requires reservations. Most are more than just taxis, with carefully planned dives. There are large dive shops listed that can answer your questions about rentals as well as other details. At this point the Ocean water temps are about 19c and will rise to near 23c by the summer. Of course, that is above the thermocline. Still, lots of us dive with standard wetsuits.