Things To Do In Massapequa

As he steers the Freeport Water Taxi, Captain Rick Cohen safely transports passengers around local South Shore areas between Freeport and Point Lookout. As passengers hop on his floating taxi, they’re often seen in the company of a bike or pet, both welcome on water-taxi trips. A ride on the water taxi also makes it easy to visit several waterfront landmarks and eateries, including seafood haven Fisherman’s Catch and Crow’s Nest Mini Golf.

Wednesday through Sunday, Captain Cohen tours the bay with passengers on 60- and 90-minute daytime and sunset cruises. As the blazing sun begins to hide behind the horizon, passengers breathe in the salty sea air and draw close to their companions or ask a seagull to hold hands with them. The boat can also be chartered for bird- and harbor-seal-watching tours based on the season, as well as fishing trips.

Obnoxious Paintball offers 25,000 square feet of indoor, climate-controlled splatter heaven, with an X-Ball field (110'x125') equipped with labyrinths of inflatable rubber bunkers for strategy and shelter. Chromatic warriors brandish the exclusive, all-metal Planet Eclipse ETEK3 AM paintball gun, its compressed air tank rapidly ejecting a barrage of kaleidoscopic paint spheres that eliminate opponents from the game after transforming each one into a flesh-and-blood Jackson Pollock piece. Players can bring their own artistic armor or rent masks and chest protectors for $5 each.

A member of a previously undiscovered species known as skateasaurus stakes its territory, tracing figure eights along the rink's hardwood floor. Dressed in blue-and-white shorts and a red trucker hat, the plush, green-and-yellow dinosaur—otherwise known as Skato—eschews eating children, and instead prompts them to shake it all about in rounds of Hokey Pokey. This fun ambiance extends to the rest of United Skates of America's roller rink, surrounded by lime-green walls and manned by a smiling staff.

Island Riders' PASA-certified instructors conduct kiteboarding, wakeboarding, and surfing lessons for wave commuters. Designed for students with no kiteboarding experience and held every Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m., the three-hour Intro to Kiteboarding lesson includes a kite-flying lesson with the trainer kite, a ground school covering safety issues, and access to a diorama about the water cycle. While Island Riders supplies the kite, control bar, and board, students are required to wear their own water booties while on the Great South Bay or splashing in the kiddie bay.

At South Levittown Lanes, automatic scoring systems tabulate scores on flat-screen TVs as bowlers send orbs spinning down well-waxed lanes. Bowlers can keep one eye on the game and one eye on the projection screen suspended high above the lanes, or traipse to the lounge area to shoot some pool. Guests can also pop in on weekend nights for glow bowling, which transforms the alley into surreal arena of neon illumination, much like the White House after hours.