Oyster Festival with the WFC

Oyster Festival drew record crowds this year, over 204,000 people stopped by ...

High School Sailing District Championships

18 invited schools converged at the Stony Brook School’s sailing facilities in ...

Basic Building Blocks

Ninth and tenth graders from the Portledge School in Locust Valley spent ...

Here Comes the Sun

We have spent 100′s of hours revamping and revving up our programs. Everything from Stars of the Sound to Sailboat rentals have been reviewed and changed or modified wherever we saw a need for improvement or tweaking. In addition we have added a number of new programs! Including a host of guided Kayak and SUP [...]

Boats Sleep in the Winter

Every year around this time many people search for the perfect gift, to give to a family member or friend. At times the search seems endless, looking near and far for the latest shiny can prove to be challenging and time consuming. All resources must be exhausted from taking closer looks at brick and mortar [...]

Ahoy Matey!

Oyster Babies, located right here in Oyster Bay is an early childhood education center. The children either walk to us or we travel to them to present a different themed program each month. This month it was a pirate theme at the WaterFront Center which is both a child and educator favorite! For one hour [...]

10th Annual Alumni Regatta

10th Annual WaterFront Center Alumni Regatta Report Saturday, Oct. 8th dawned bright and clear and very un-October like. It was still, glassy and even at 7:30 am, you could feel the strength of the sun. It was going to be pretty warm. There was a high pressure system sitting right on top of us. We [...]

Homestead School

Kindergarteners from the Homestead School, in Garden City, arrived on October 7th, bright eyed and ready to have some fun learning!  After a picnic style snack by the water, they headed to our favorite classroom, the beach. Sprawled out on beach towels, the children eagerly listened to a story about seashells and sea creatures. Then [...]

High School Sailing Qualifier

On Saturday September 24, a group of our High School Sailors participated in the MASSA (Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Sailing Association) district qualifier at Stony Brook in Port Jefferson Harbor. All in there were 18 different teams competing at the event comprising 11 different schools. The Cold Spring Harbor Sailing Team was one and the WaterFront Center [...]

Jericho AP Environmental Science

Last week students from Jericho School District’s A.P Environmental Science classes came to the WFC to kick off their year with a bang! Arriving every day beginning Tuesday through Friday at 9.30 am to begin the hands on learning experiences on the water and on the beach everyone was eager and excited to see what [...]

Oyster Babies Visit the WFC

The day began pretending to act like a crab and a seagull as the kids dove into learning about the beach.  The group sat down on our picnic tables outside to enjoy the fresh air and beautiful sunshine.  It was a great day to learn about the beach and to spend some time outdoors.  Shells, [...]

Hurrican Irene – We Were Ready!

The staff at the WFC worked hard Thursday, Friday and Saturday getting all of our boats on and off the water as well as all of our classroom materials inside ready for Hurricane Irene. Mike an Morgan headed up the efforts for all the boats and did everything possible to ensure that all of our [...]

One if by Land, Two if by Sea

During the summer the Skippers and First Mates experience a unique opportunity to go to a new place to explore, discover and learn about their surroundings. The Skippers take the Christeen over to Teddy Roosevelt’s home at Sagamore Hill to learn more about the history of one of America’s most accomplished Presidents. The First Mates [...]