Aquanuts Dive Club
🍁🍂🎃 Autumn diving is happening! 🍁🍂🎃
HDC staff provides expertise in briefing divers on the various sites,
and assisting single divers that need to find a buddy.
It's a great way to network to meet new folks, support local, and gain new insights into the world of diving!
Aquanuts Club Dives:
✅ keep your SCUBA skills fresh while having fun
✅ no membership fee
✅ informal meet-ups are not guided by a professional; Dive pros can be hired if you need one (additional cost)
✅ meet new friends above and below the surface!
✅ provide a platform for divers to learn from each other, share tips and techniques
Scroll to bottom for sign-up form 👇
Details below:
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Schedule & Info:
Briefing at 5pm at Hampton Dive Center
Arrive at Hampton Springs by approx 6pm
1 tank dive, 60 mins max
All minors need a guardian or dive pro as a buddy.
Dive light and gloves REQUIRED.
full length suit required - 5mm suit suggested
entrance fee $25
does not include rental gear or dive guide (briefing only)
Please contact us if you need gear/ divemaster to participate.
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Schedule & Info:
We recommend arriving with your gear already set up
Briefing 06:20pm at Bridge
Location: South side of PQB (permit/parking pass required)
If parking there, permit required through Southampton Town
Suggestion: weight checks done/start dive by ~ 7pm
High Tide 07:35pm
Heavily recommended gear:
Dive light,
compass,
1-2 cutting devices,
full length exposure, 5mm
hood and gloves,
weights to be slightly negatively buoyant
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Schedule & Info:
Briefing at 3pm at Hampton Dive Center
Arrive at Hampton Springs by approx 3:45pm
1 tank dive, 60 mins max
All minors need a guardian or dive pro as a buddy.
Dive gloves REQUIRED.
5mm suit suggested
entrance fee $25
does not include rental gear or dive guide (briefing only)
Please contact us if you need gear/ divemaster to participate.
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Schedule & Info:
We recommend arriving with your gear already set up
Briefing 2:30pm at Bridge
Location: South side of PQB
Suggestion: weight checks done/start dive by ~ 3pm
High Tide 3:31pm
Heavily recommended gear:
Dive light,
compass,
1-2 cutting devices,
full length exposure, between 3mm-5mm,
hood and gloves,
weights to be slightly negatively buoyant
mesh bag for debris, if you want to collect trash for removal
FAQ
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A minimum of Open Water Diver. Divers should be comfortable in Northeast Conditions and have strong compass skills.
Dive guides available for hire on a first come, first serve basis.
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SCUBA gear is not provided. Divers should have:
cutting devices (line cutter, dive knife, etc)
dive gloves + appropriate exposure gear
mask, fins, snorkel, boots
BCD, reg w/octo, compass, computer/gauges, tank
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Hampton Springs and Secret Beach are private dive sites. While divers do not need a permit for parking, they do need their own personal vehicles. No ubers/taxis/lyfts.
For Ponquogue Bridge parking on the south side, divers need a permit from Southampton Town Parks + Rec.
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HDC private property in Westhampton
no parking permit need, personal vehicle required
freshwater w/ wrecks and a dive circuit
good Northeast acclimation because it can mimic local conditions without any currents
This is where we tell people to start in order to get comfortable in NE conditions
gloves + full length suit required
torch suggested
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private property on the North Fork's Long Island Sound
no parking permit need, personal vehicle required
saltwater w/ rock formations and local species
good step towards Northeast shore diving; there can be current
full length exposure, gloves, dive light, and compass heavily suggested
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Ponquogue Bridge (PQB)
Southampton Town property south side of PQB in Hampton Bays
parking permit needed seasonally, personal vehicle required/or a friend can coordinate your drop-off
saltwater w/ local species, and seasonally tropical fish as well!
This is typically a drift dive, current can be strong; timing the dive right is very important
full length exposure, gloves, dive light, and compass heavily suggested
Aquanuts Dive Club: Sign Up Form 📜ᝰ🪶
Calling all divers!
🫧Your season to explore is happening now!🫧
Complete the form below for review by our staff.
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