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Details of many local shipwrecks can be found at: http://www.aquaexplorers.com/shipwrecks_NY_NJ.htm. Capt. Dan Berg is most enthusiastic about the history of our local waters and has spent years putting together useful information.  Check out the 3-D images he and artist Aaron Hirsh have been cooking up recently.

A great organization created by and for the local dive community is The Long Island Dive Association: www.lidaonline.com

Local dive boats I like use and their schedules: If you see a dive you would like to do please call me and let’s see if we can work it out.

www.eaglesnestwreckdiving.com

www.jeanne-ii.com

www.locknessdiveboat.net

www.seaturtlecharters.com (good for weekday charters)

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Here are some books you may want to read for historical information, technique as well as contemporary dive tales:

Lost Voyages: Two Centuries of Shipwrecks in the Approaches to New York by Bradley Sheard.

Full of photos and illustrations of the wrecks we dive every weekend:

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Voyages-Centuries-Shipwrecks-Approaches/dp/1881652173

Primary Wreck-Diving Guide by Gary Gentile. 

A good basic guide from one of the most respected divers around:

http://www.amazon.com/Primary-Wreck-Diving-Guide-Gary-Gentile/dp/0962145394/ref=sr_1_1/104-4817830-5579968?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194207432&sr=1-1

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson.

A “must read” for all divers who appreciate the historical significance of shipwrecks as well as a gripping tale of diving to the limits.  This book is without a doubt the finest narrative written on the subject of shipwreck diving. (I can’t wait for the Movie!)

http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Divers-Adventure-Americans-Everything/dp/0375508589/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-6043368-8737529?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173567215&sr=1-2

Iron Coffins by Herbert A. Werner.

Nothing else brings the chilling tale of life on a German U-Boat to you with such spectacular detail and vision.

http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Coffins-Cassell-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304353302/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6043368-8737529?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173567668&sr=1-1

Long Island Shore Diver: A Diver's Guide to Long Island's Beach Dives by Dan Berg.

Shore diving is alive and well here in NYC. Who would have thunk it?

http://www.amazon.com/Long-Island-Shore-Diver-Islands/dp/0961616776/ref=sr_1_2/104-6043368-8737529?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173569835&sr=8-2