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NYHS Professional Diving is the only program of its kind in the United States, training high school students as working scuba divers and allowing them to develop their skills underwater on real environmental restoration projects, primarily the Billion Oyster Project. Learn more about us in “Life of a Harbor School Diver.”

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Thank you for your interest in helping the Harbor School Professional Diving Program succeed! We welcome gear donations! If you have any new or (gently) used dive gear you no longer use, please Contact us. We also welcome financial contributions to help us pay for gear maintenance and repair, costs…Continue reading “DONATE”

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Flashback to the Bahamas

As school gets back underway in its unfamiliar form, this flashback to January and the Class of 2023’s trip to…

15May 20196 Apr 2020
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The sophomore First aid training by Monica M.

In the sophomore diving class we are currently working on first aid. To get a true feeling about how a…

29Apr 20199 Apr 2020
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Axel’s first Full Face Mask Dive.

For almost a month, my class has taken a very exciting new step in our diving education: we have initiated…

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Dive Physics for Juniors By Axel A.

11 Jan 201910 Apr 2020
For the past month and a half, our junior diving class has been in a physics unit. Each table would compose an individual research group, and would be assigned a…
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Dutch Springs!!! by Ben S.

12 Dec 201810 Apr 2020
My name is Ben and I’m a sophomore in the Professional Diving program at the New York Harbor School. I’ve recently acquired my PADI open water diver certification after four…
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Oskar’s First Blog Post of the Year

4 Dec 20184 Dec 2018
My name is Oskar and I’m a senior in the diving program at the New York Harbor School. From the moment I heard about the diving program I knew that…
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14 Nov 2018
Welcome to the new diving year juniors, seniors, and a special welcome to the program, our incoming sophomores. Jackson and Oskar have taken over the site this year, and if…
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Joanna’s cold Fishers island experience

13 Jun 201831 Oct 2018
The Harbor School Fishers Island Trip is a 3-day Trip where almost all CTE’s come together to help out on the Fishers Island Oyster Farm, a Harbor School tradition. During…
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Deciding if Professional Diving is the Right Choice For You

10 Jun 201811 Jun 2018
Amalia C. To any freshmen at the Harbor School, Your freshman year of the Harbor School is coming to an end you are left with one decision that will stick…
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Simon’s Bahamas trip

7 Jun 2018
Professional Diving, we are a class of 48 in total. As our name implies, we scuba dive. Most people come into the program not even knowing how to swim, but…
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Hannah Fox – Blog post

17 May 201815 May 2018
We have been working on our first aid training in sophomore diving ever since we got back from the Bahamas trip. In the course we have learned how to assess…
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Axel’s return to the pool

15 May 2018
It makes sense that SCUBA Diving is a perishable skill. A perishable skill is basically a skill that needs to be consistently practiced and executed in order to maintain, or…
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Kaitlyn A. Blog !!!!! P.D

6 May 2018
Being part of the diving program holds a lot of responsibility, one of my biggest responsibilities is to take care of the fish tank in the diving classroom. Bubbles was…

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We Need a POOL!

This is Lenny's funny rant about the pool.

Dive Conditions

Current Conditions at the Battery

Tides and Current Predictions - Buttermilk Channel

Rainfall Data - JFK
Rainfall Data - Central Park
We do not dive for 72 hours after .25 inches of rain due to CSO discharge

Diving Calendar

  • SOPHOMORES 7 Feb 2023 at 9:17 am – 10:49 am
  • JUNIORS 7 Feb 2023 at 12:25 pm – 2:44 pm
  • SOHOMORES 8 Feb 2023 at 10:22 am – 11:44 am
  • SENIORS 8 Feb 2023 at 1:10 pm – 3:14 pm
  • SOPHOMORES 9 Feb 2023 at 10:04 am – 10:49 am
  • JUNIORS 9 Feb 2023 at 12:25 pm – 2:44 pm
  • SOPHOMORES 10 Feb 2023 at 10:04 am – 10:49 am
  • SENIORS 10 Feb 2023 at 1:12 pm – 2:44 pm
  • SOPHOMORES 13 Feb 2023 at 9:17 am – 10:49 am
  • SENIORS 13 Feb 2023 at 12:25 pm – 2:44 pm

We are based on Governors Island in New York City

Mailing Address:
10 South Street, Slip 7
New York, NY 10004
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