We strongly encourage all divers to support and use their local dive boats!

Dive Boats

The Long Island Divers Association strongly supports and encourages the use of your local dive boats when possible. The following is a list of a few available dive boats on the East Coast. For more Northeast area dive boats, visit the Eastern Dive Boat Association website.

DAN Diving Insurance is highly recommended for all divers.


New York

Half Time (Shinnecock, NY)
Captain Ralph Towlen
Coastal WG Charters
Shinnecock, NY 11946
631-921-5181
CoastalWG@hotmail.com
EDBA Member

Sidekick (East Moriches, NY)
215 Atlantic Avenue
East Moriches, NY 11940
631-225-8450
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MoonTide Charter (New Rochelle NY)
Captain Joe Somers
94 Hudson Park
New Rochelle NY 10805
914-447-2504
moontidecharter@optonline.net
EDBA Member

Sea Turtle Charters (Montauk, NY)
Captain Chuck Wade
352 Westlake Drive
Montauk, NY 11954
631-725-0565, 631-335-6323
seaturtlecharters@yahoo.com
EDBA Member

Defiance (Bronx, NY)
Captain Mike Carew
226 Buttrick Avenue
Bronx, NY 10465
718-885-1588
mike@captainmikesdiving.com

M/V Tempest (Freeport, NY)
Captain Tom McCarthy
East Coast Wreck Diving
11 Hudson Avenue
Freeport, NY 11520
631-327-3312
info@EastCoastWreckDiving.com

Sea Hawk (Jones Inlet, NY)
Captain Frank Persico
260-19 Grand Central Pkwy
Little Neck, NY 11362
718-279-1345
captlach@peoplespc.com

New Jersey

Gypsy Blood (Hawthorne, NJ)
Captain Jim Wilson
42 Third Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
973-949-4599
EDBA Member

Sea Lion (Lake Hiawatha, NJ)
Captain Al Pyatak
Atlantic Wreck Diving
89 Hiawatha Blvd
Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034
973-887-3337
sealoin@atlantic-wreckdivers.com
EDBA Member

Connecticut

Orbit Marine (Bridgeport, CT)
Captain Noel Verola
3273 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06605
1-800-395-DIVE, 203-333-DIVE
orbitdive@aol.com
EDBA Member

Silver Dolphin (Stamford, CT)
Captain Saam
Scuba School LLC
863 East Main Street. Suite B
Stamford, CT 06902
203-327-2822
Captainsaam@capt-saam.com
EDBA Member

North Carolina

Olympus Dive Center (Morehead City, NC)
Captain Robert Purifoy
713 Shepard Street
Morehead City, NC 28557
252-726-9432
info@olympusdiving.com
EDBA Member

Rhode Island

Canned Air Dive Charters (Wakefield, RI)
Captain Wayne Gordon
11 Sherman Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
860-539-4947
wayne.gordon@yahoo.com
EDBA Member

Snappa Charters (Wakefield, RI)
Captain Charlie Donilon
Wakefield, RI 02879
401-487- 9044
snappacharters@cox.net
EDBA Member

Florida

Lady Catherine (Marathon Fl)
Captain Jim Mckoy
214 Bruce Ct
Marathon Fl, 33050
305-240-4030, 305-743-5544
diver329@aol.com
EDBA Member