Northshore Magazine

July 2015

Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.

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48 | JULY 2015 nshoremag.com from the truth," says Shine, who lives in Somerville and actually favors North Shore dive sites like Folly Cove, Nahant's Canoe Beach, and Rock- port's Cathedral Rocks over warm- water diving locales. "The richest fishing grounds in the world are all up here," Shine points out. "They're not in the Caribbean." In addition to a host of top-notch dive sites, the North Shore also boasts dive shops and clubs where people can get certified, buy equipment, and explore with a group of divers that's as diverse as the underwater life they love to explore. One of those clubs is the North Shore Frogmen's Club, which was established in 1958 and is one of the oldest sport diving clubs in the world. It meets socially once a week, as well as for Sunday morning dives. One of its members, John Sears of Danvers, has been diving with the club for 25 Above, left and center, cerianthid and a school of pollock at Cathedral Rock; Above right, juvenile monkfish at Caone Beach Below, members of the Frogmen's Club head in for a Sunday morning dive. years and loves underwater hunting for lobsters, flounder, and scallops to bring home and eat. He's seen the rows of teeth in a 35-foot shark off of Chandler Hovey Park in Marblehead, been followed around by puppy-dog- like stripers eager to be fed, and seen the marks of Paul Revere's foundry on the skeleton of the wreck of the USS New Hampshire off the coast of Manchester-by-the-Sea. "If you take your time and slow down, you'd be amazed at all the dif- ferent things you can see," Sears says. Whitney Boyle, general manager of Undersea Divers, a dive shop in Bev- erly, says anyone can become a diver. "You can start to become a diver at only 10 years old. And don't count yourself out if you are young or old, because we see all ages of people en- joy the sport," Boyle says, adding that there are also diving opportunities for people of all abilities, such as the disa- bled, injured veterans, or amputees. "It's the most freeing thing to someone who is limited in mobility on land," she says. Undersea Divers teaches a range of Professional Association of Div- ing Instructors (PADI) scuba diving courses, with classes for beginners, dive professionals, and everyone in between. It also sells gear for all div- ing destinations, including the frigid waters of the North Shore; runs diving trips around the world; and leads twice weekly trips to diving sites on the North Shore. "We have many people that only dive New England waters and prefer them over tropical waters," Boyle says, echoing Shine. "They need to know they have an underwater playground right where they live, so start exploring." LIVE CONTACT North Shore Frogmen's Club Palmer's Cove Yacht Club 74 Leavitt St. Salem 978-744-9722 northshore frogmen.com Undersea Divers 42 Water St. Beverly 978-927-9551 underseadivers.com photographs by Jerry Shine (top), by Markus Diersbock (bottom) WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT ONLY DIVE NEW ENGLAND WATERS AND PREFER IT OVER TROPICAL WATERS. THEY NEED TO KNOW THEY HAVE AN UNDERWATER PLAYGROUND RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE, SO START EXPLORING." —Whitney Boyle, Undersea Divers

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