Underwater Filming Services

Here is how the work lines up. Underwater camera work in New York pairs certified commercial-grade dive ops with cinema camera packages capable of holding focus, exposure, and colour science through housings rated to production-shooting depths. Our ops carry PADI Divemaster or Instructor cards alongside SSI and NAUI commercial credentials, ANSI/ACDE-aligned commercial diving qualifications where the brief calls for it, and DAN insurance written against NYC commercial diving rules and OSHA scientific-diver standards. Locations span the Steiner Studios Brooklyn Navy Yard tank used on Stranger Things, Mrs. Maisel.

Severance underwater sequences, Silvercup Queens controlled-water facilities, Hudson River and East River harbor sequences needing NYPD Harbor Unit and US Coast Guard coordination, Long Island Sound shoreline shoots, Montauk and Hamptons commercial-and-fashion ocean work, plus controlled hotel and rooftop pool settings across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Camera bodies route through TCS, AbelCine, and ARRI Rental NY into Gates, Aquatica, Nauticam, and Hydroflex housings for ARRI Alexa Mini LF, RED Komodo and V-Raptor, Sony Venice 2, and FX6 bodies, with calibrated dome ports, surface-to-camera comms, and underwater Atomos monitor feeds for director and DP review.

Productions briefing a Brooklyn Navy Yard tank sequence at Steiner, a Hudson River barge underwater establisher under MOME film permit, a Long Island Sound spear-fishing documentary, a Montauk surf-brand commercial, a Manhattan rooftop pool fashion shoot, or a controlled-water actor scene with non-diving talent receive a documented dive plan, risk assessment, and surface-support schedule before call.

Our coordinators assign certified safety divers in 2:1 minimum ratios, run pre-dive briefings against industry standards, keep hyperbaric chamber standby contacts at NYU Langone and Jacobi Medical when depth profiles need it, and coordinate with NYPD Harbor Unit, FDNY Marine Operations, and US Coast Guard Sector New York for harbor and East River work. Above-surface lighting via dive-bay HMI penetration is supplemented with underwater LED packages from Keldan, Light & Motion, and SeaLife rigs, and ARRI SkyPanel arrays mounted overhead on Steiner tank rigging. Insurance covers the rig, the divers, and the talent under NYS Film Tax Credit-aligned production cover, with documentation prepared wherever the production qualifies for the 30%-plus-10% NYC uplift under one lined up contract.