Diving Long Island - New York

For those seeking adventure beyond the beach, Long Island offers top-notch scuba diving in the Atlantic ocean, and Long Island Sound most notably for the Island’s numerous boat wrecks just off its shoreline.

The waters off Long Island’s coast are dubbed ‘Wreck Valley,’ so named for all the unfortunate ships that met their untimely doom there.

Wrecks in Long Island’s waters range from the 508-ft passenger steamer, SS Oregon, which sank in 1886 to the Lizzie D, a Prohibition-era rum runner sunk in 1922, among many others along the coastline.  Challenging wrecks like the USS San Diego off Fire Island sits in 110 fsw and the Andrea Doria in 270 fsw offer great Technical diving challenges.  newly created artificial reef-wrecks include NYC Subway cars, parts of the Tappan Zee Bridge, and a host of Tugs and Trawlers in great locations like the 12 Mile Reef of Suffolk County. 

Scuba diving spots on Long Island include challenging ocean dives off its South Shore, like Beach 8th Street and Oak Beach and calmer dives off the beaches of Long Island’s North Shore, in places like Bayville, Glen Cove and Port Jefferson.  Charter and Dive Boats take off from places like Port Washington, Freeport, Shinnecock, Montauk and even occasionally Coney Island and the Rockaways.  Training on Long Island prepares you for diving just about anywhere in the world, providing challenging scuba, maritime history, and the ability to jump back into urban life after your dives!