Dive Charters
We love dive charters as much as shore diving. One convenience to dive charters is not having to lug your gear down past slippery rocks. Plus with charters, you're expanding your dive site opportunities. Many great sites --- such as wrecks and diving with the seals --- can't be reached via a shore dive. Check out the charter operations below. Why not give all of them a go?
We recommend having a minimum of 25 dives in New England before hopping on a boat, unless of course you have a dive master guiding the dive, or if you're there for a certification course. Why? The conditions can be tougher in open water- including visibility, currents, waves, boaters (including lobstering boats), and seasickness, which all elevate the experience in several ways. This isn't to deter you from charters because we love them! But please do be safe for the benefit for yourself, the dive operations and your dive buddies.
Recommendations for Charters
Dive Gear:
- Surface Marker Buoy
- Whistle
- Light and backup light
- Knife
- Wreck reel
- Strobe
- Dive buddy, a dive plan and excellent navigation
Boat Packing:
- UPF rash guard
- Hat
- Sunglasses
- Sun screen
- Water/fruit to hydrate (snack bar doesn't hurt either ;)
- Boat shoes (carrying heavy gear up/down ramps)
- Cash for crew tips
Charter Operations
Boston Scuba
256 Marginal St., East Boston, MA 02128
info@bostonscuba.com
617-418-5555
Cape Ann Diver II "CAD2"
7 Parker St., Gloucester, MA 01930
info@ecdivecharters.com
351-333-0611
View their Dive Schedule
(check out their season pass program too)
Dive Winnipesaukee
4 North Main St., Wolfeboro, NH 03894
info@divewinnipesaukee.com
603-569-8080
Down Under Dive Ventures
75 Essex Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930
franlinnehan@gmail.com
978-808-1286
Giant Stride
33 State St., Narragansett, RI
info@giantstridediveshop.com
(401) 732-8808
Northern Atlantic Dive Expeditions
(Technical and advanced only; No rental gear)
11 Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915
info@northernatlanticdive.com
(617) 684-5930
Waterfront Diving
214 Battery St., Burlington, VT 05401
Mon-Fri 10AM-6PM, Sat-Sun 8:30AM-5PM
Info@WaterfrontDiving.com
(802) 865-2771
Yankee Pearl
2 Commercial St., Gloucester, MA
Capeanndiving@gmail.com
View their Dive Schedule (email to request/book!)