Location is probably one of the most influential aspects of diving. Just like skiing or surfing it’s all about access to locations within season.  With time we set out to discover destinations and encounters both rare and remote. For those lucky enough to have local diving opportunities, those that can be covered in a day trip, the time between the rare and remote can produce amazing surprises and new understanding of our backyard.

By the peak of summer it became clear that my next trip was few months away. An early August trip to swim with hundreds of whale sharks in Mexico (phenomena recently discovered in the Mexican Riviera, Lookup Afuera) had to be canceled and with most late summer trips already booked the prospects were not good. That’s when talking to a colleague who lives on the Long Island shore I learned about several dive and spear fishing sites in the Hamptons.

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