Gotham Divers

Our story began many years ago when Alex Barnard and Tim Hughes decided to take the Open Water SCUBA diving course. They both discovered a passion for SCUBA and continued to train intensively in the field. After years dedicated to honing their skills as divers and dive instructors, they decided to take their love for SCUBA to a new level, and opened Gotham Divers.

Gotham Divers provides training and certification for all levels of SCUBA, from Open Water to Trimix, and everything in between. The Open Water I and Refresher courses are held in our Lower East Side swimming pool, and our Open Water II and specialty trainings are held in a nearby quarry. Tech training dives are held in the quarry, and out in the ocean.

Gotham Divers is a full service SCUBA shop, offering a wide range of recreational and technical gear. We are dealers for manufacturers such as DUI, Henderson, Mares, Cressi, Zeagle, XS Scuba, Bare, Oceanic, and, we are the only Halcyon dealer in NYC! In addition to offering gear sales and rentals, we also provide gear repair and servicing.

Gotham Divers offers clean, pure, and accurate gas fills, including air, custom and standard Nitrox and Trimix blends, O2, and Argon. We provide tank sales and rentals, as well as VIP and Hydro servicing.

Gotham Divers organizes day and weekend trips every weekend throughout our local dive season, from April through November. Training happens mostly at Dutch Springs where we dive, BBQ and camp out overnight. We have regular charters on local dive boats to nearby shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, and other salty sites. Gotham Divers also offers dive vacations to tropical destinations such as the Florida Keys, Mexico, and Cave Country.

We created Gotham Divers with the goal of providing a place for learning, adventure, and community. Friendly gatherings, both in the store and “at sea”, are our thing. We hope you come hang with us, and DIVE with us soon!