NJ Diving - How good is it?

[Calvinandhobbs]

So I've got my newly-printed PADI open water certification card, and I don't think I can wait until my next trip to the Caribbean to go diving. I live in NJ and, despite the number of shipwrecks, never thought of the Jersey coast as a diving destination.

So my question is, how good is NJ diving really? How good is the visibility? What am I likely to see? I would appreciate hearing from anyone with direct NJ experience. If anyone can post a link to pictures that they have taken while NJ diving it would be especially appreciated.

If I have posted this message in the wrong forum, my apologies for the newbie mistake.

 

[MSilvia]

I haven't been (yet), but I've heard good things. Check out this site for some photos and info about wrecks accessable as shore dives.
http://www.njscuba.com/galleries/gallery_uw.html

 

[mac_diver]

If you look further down the list of north american groups, you'll see wreckvalley. That is the scubaboard group which covers new jersey. Most of the members also frequent the wreckvalley dot com website.

To answer your question, I like diving in jersey as much as if not more than the caribean.

 

[Dive-aholic]

Check out this site: NJ Scuba Diver. Start off easy. NJ can be tough diving. The conditions aren't always the best for new divers. But the diving can be great. NJ is considered by many to be the wreck diving capital.

 

[cgvmer]

My son and I also just completed our OW, and having dove only in Grand Cayman and Ft Lauderdale for our check out dives, diving off NJ is a little daunting.

I have talked with friends that dive NJ reguraly and they told me the LDS in Hoboken has an active wreck diving club.

I'm in Cedar Grove (North Jersey), where are you in NJ?