New diver to the Northeast

[Ryan Francis]

Hello fellow divers,

I am new to the northeast and have not had a dive up here at all yet. I was looking for places that would be best to maybe meet with some local divers and get some info about the diving up here. Any LDS anyone can recommend? I live in Cambridge, but am willing to drive for quality dive shops and people, hopefully looking to get in with a group of divers who go regularly around here and partake in trips and the like!

A little about me: I am from OK originally, moved to MA about 2 years ago now and just recently wanted to start diving again basically because I forgot about it as it has been probably 8 years since last I dove. I have around ~60 dives under my belt both freshwater and saltwater (Caribbean), but I am thrilled to start back up again! Let me know if you all have any suggestions, would love to hear from ya.

 

[orion612004]

I would reach out to Undersea Divers about a refresher class, and some shore diving off Cape Ann. Look into the North Shore Frogmen (northshorefrogmen.com) about meeting new buddies.

 

[iamrushman]

howdy and welcome from southeast florida......welcome back to scuba diving...

 

[RhodeDiver]

look into the metro west dive club. they do group dives every Saturday morning. They are very welcoming to non members too.

 

[AfterDark]

Welcome back to diving!! Get ready for a completely different experience, diving in the NE. Dry suit, steel tanks, and lots of lead. Lot of nice diving in the Bay as well but Cape Ann is my favorite site in MA.

 

[icechip]

Let us know if you ever come up Maine way, plenty of good sites up here too.

 

[Ryan Francis]

Let us know if you ever come up Maine way, plenty of good sites up here too.

I would really like to experience all of the diving available up here, I am just looking to build a good base of people I know in Boston before expanding so I do expect I will make it up that way sometime soon! All of my gear was shipped to me and is supposed to arrive in the next few days so diving season for me has just begun. That being said, I am not familiar with cold water dives so much, so this might be an eye-opener.

 

[icechip]

Cold water diving is great!...a few more millimeters on the wetsuit, a few more pounds of lead on the belt...it's all good!

 

[Ryan Francis]

Cold water diving is great!...a few more millimeters on the wetsuit, a few more pounds of lead on the belt...it's all good!

Any recommendations for dive groups in the Maine area or LDS to seek out when I make it up?

 

[icechip]

Aqua Diving Academy in Portland: Aqua Diving Academy
Maine-iacs Scuba Club in Portland: https://www.meetup.com/Maine-Divers-Scuba-Center-Portland-Maine-Scuba-Diving/
Aqua City Scuba in Waterville: Scuba Diving Lessons in Maine Scuba Gear Maine
Mid-Coast Maine Aqua-Nuts: informal email chain of local divers...pm me for more info.