Headed to Charleston this weekend

[MRXRAY]

Nice Haul!

Yep, here ya go. We used Cooper River Diving and were very pleased. For some reason the website won't load for me right now but it's cooperriverdiving.com.

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[MRXRAY]

How did the trip go Sandmanz32?

 

[sandmanz32]

I didn't even get to dive! Had a pretty decent time other wise though.

 

[CRDC]

Sorry About the website ya'll doing some work and getting another IP provider. Capt. John Cooperirverdiving.com e-mail at cooperriverdiving@gmail.com And we are diving tomorrow AM and Sunday 12/20 and 12/21 contact #843-296-3344

 

[Lee Taylor]

This weekend im visiting a friend of mine in Charleston. How is the Cooper River this time of year? Is there any good off shore diving around there?

Here are some dive shop references, Sand.

Cooper River Only________http://www.backwaterdiversions.com
Charleston______________http://www.charlestonscuba.com/
North Myrtle Beach_______http://www.coastalscuba.com/
Cooper River____________http://www.cooperriverdiving.com/
Murrels Inlet____________http://www.expresswatersports.com/
Summerville_____________http://lowcountrydiving.com
Up State_______________http://www.offthewalldiving.com/
Myrtle Beach____________http://www.southcarolinadive.com/
Columbia_______________http://www.watereescuba.com/

I think all of them have provided Cooper river diving at some point in time. A good way to start would be to just call them and see if they can hook you up with a boat. Years back I use to dive the Cooper in November with a 3 mil wetsuit filled with warm water. It was not too bad from a "cold" perspective.

From what I have learned, there are three reef systems offshore Charleston. They all run parallel to the shoreline. I was on one of them last summer. I think it was the one furthest out. It was basically a ten foot high wall an ancient river produced. There was a current running the length of it. I decided to go up current which of course turned out to be the right thing to do for obvious reasons. Apparently the "Anchor Ledges" produce fossils. Have not been there yet. Charleston Scuba makes runs to it during the warmer months. If you like reefs, there is a famous one called Grays reef offshore Georgia. I read that the "Right Whale" goes there to birth their young. I have started telling boat captains that providing exploration trips and allowing experienced divers to go down on virgin sites will tremendously increase their sales. I use to drop through the darkness in the river into unknown territory and would gladly pay to do it offshore. It would be much more fun offshore. Forget about using a down line. Use an up line and ball float like one does on a drift dive. Allow the divers to drift if there is a current. The reef I was on offshore Charleston last summer had a strong enough current to do a drift. It would have been much more fun and we would have covered 50 times the territory.

Anyways. Enjoy the dives!

By the way. There is a fossil show at Cypress Gardens next month. Info on their Website.

Charleston SC Scuba Club