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View Thanks to all who attended and helped out at the 2024 Labor Day Weekend Rally NEDEG will be holding the next rally on 2025 Memorial Day weekend: May 24 - 26, 2025. ( scroll down to see details below )
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NEDEG is saddened by the passing of NEDEG supporter Bob Rusnak on Feb 7, 2024. |
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The North East Diving Equipment Group (NEDEG) is a group of individuals dedicated to preserving, promoting and diving a variety of underwater gear from all around the world. These include historical gear such as vintage and modern Navy diving helmets, modern lightweight commercial diving helmets, double hose regulators, and other open circuit gear. Learn about the history of diving and the equipment that evolved from the past. We give a chance for sport scuba divers to actually dive some of the gear you would normally only see on television or old movies!
Join NEDEG on one of the "Helmet" Rallies or attend one of the Diving Presentations and learn more about the history of diving, and how you can get to dive with the gear! NEDEG events have been attended by divers from around the world! |
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The North East Diving Equipment Group will be holding a working equipment rally on Memorial weekend: May 24 - 26, 2025. Our traditional dive location is now called Lake Hydra! The lake is now under new ownership and has reopened primarily as a location for diver training and certifications. All dives must be guided or under the supervision of an insured dive professional. There are two ways to come dive with NEDEG this year. Option #1 is to contact your local dive shop about organizing a visit to dive Lake Hydra. Their staff can arrange for professionally-supervised SCUBA diving tours / training at Lake Hydra. While there, come over and see us at the familiar east-side dock to dive with us on any day of our Rally. The second way is to contact us directly with your information. You will then be given instructions on how to purchase your entrance tickets from Lake Hydra and dive with NEDEG. Currently, we have one instructor that will be covering divers on umbilical and their support from the dock. Unfortunately, that means that we cannot also supervise independent outgoing SCUBA excursions. If you are an insured instructor or divemaster and would like to help, please let us know! There have been many changes to the land surrounding the lake, but the underwater attractions remain the same. Upon arrival, you will see the new shipping warehouse which is occupying most of the old site’s open area. Parking, therefore, is very limited. Divers are encouraged to carpool, and we will be shuttling persons between the dive site and Atlantis Aquatics, which operates Lake Hydra. *** If you are interested in diving at this rally, tickets for Lake Hydra are purchased online. Tickets must be purchased before 11:00 pm the evening before the day you plan to attend the lake. There are no same-day sales for entry tickets. Please email tuckerr@twcny.rr.com your information and we will send you instructions to register and purchase entry tickets.
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