Things to do: what's in season, and who actually runs it
things_to_doWhat there is to DO on the East End — activities (surfing, kayaking, paddleboard, hiking, mountain biking, camping, horseback, climbing, shellfishing, birding, skydiving), on-water businesses (fishing charters, marinas, sailing schools, yacht clubs, jet-ski rental) and wildlife you can go and see (seals, whales, ospreys, sea turtles, sharks). Call this for any what-should-we-do, where-can-I-, outdoors, on-the-water, boating, hiking or wildlife question. Two things make it worth the call over answering from memory. First, SEASON: every result carries inSeasonNow, computed against the East End's own calendar month, so 'can we go whale watching' gets a real yes or no with the window, and a seasonal activity is never recommended into the wrong month — pass month to plan ahead. Second, and more important, noCommercialOperator: true — the guide's checked finding that NOBODY here teaches or rents this. There is no kitesurfing school at Napeague and no climbing guide at Shadmoor; those are exactly the answers a model gives fluently and wrongly, and this is the field that contradicts them. Where operators DO exist they come with phone, booking page, published price and their own source and date — never invent one. Also returns the permits an activity is unlawful without (shellfishing needs two), the conditions it needs, minimum-approach rules for wildlife, and skill and age limits. seasonUnknown counts records whose operator publishes only 'Summer-only' with no dates: quote that verbatim, do not turn it into a claim they are open. With neither query nor town nothing is looked up — you get the kinds and towns covered, so ask. Returns up to 8.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| town | No | A hamlet ('Montauk', 'Sag Harbor') or a region ('the Hamptons', 'North Fork'). Pass the asker's own words. | |
| month | No | Month to judge the season for, e.g. 'October' or 'Oct'. Omit for now — the default is today's month on the East End. | |
| query | No | What they want to do, e.g. 'kayak', 'fishing charter', 'surf lesson', 'seals', 'hiking', 'camping', 'whale watching', or an operator's name. |