Hey From Rochester NY

[Adam Zimmermann]

Hey everyone, i'm a snorkeler living in Rochester Ny. I have been snorkeling for almost 30 years with most of it being in the Finger Lakes. I found this site while i was looking for places to snorkel in the Roch area. If anyone has any ideas about this please let me know. Thanks. Adam

 

[Lonely Boy]

Wooo...are you working in Eastman Kodak?

 

[Adam Zimmermann]

Naw sorry lonely boy no Kodak for me. Matter of fact Kodak isn't a good place to work anymore, they declared bankruptcy and laid off 85% of their work force.

Adam

 

[Bubblesong]

Are there good shipwrecks in the Great Lake you're near? I have heard about Great Lakes Shipwreck diving, some of which can be in reasonably shallow, accessible sites.

 

[Adam Zimmermann]

I have been looking real hard at shipwecks and what not and have found more up around the thousand island area nothing really near Rochester.

Adam

 

[Marie13]

Are there good shipwrecks in the Great Lake you're near? I have heard about Great Lakes Shipwreck diving, some of which can be in reasonably shallow, accessible sites.

If you want wrecks, come my way!

 

[Bubblesong]

My kid is considering Rochester Institute of Technology for college, so while I am up there for Parent's weekend I am hoping to get a few dives in.
I know there is a dive shop there, so they must have a good list of dives sites, and after they get to know you, let you in on some not-to-well-known dive sites.

 

[lowviz]

OP: Try the bay, pretty tame.

My kid is considering Rochester Institute of Technology for college, ...//...

Do consider it! Real-world (as in "get a job after school") tech school. Check out the M/F ratio...

I worked (as a co-op from Drexel) at Xerox in the happy days. 70's, loved that company! Eco-aware even then. Webster plant, planetary coaters for vacuum evaporated selenium onto nickel belts for copy machine research. *sigh*

Jogged around Irondequoit Bay from Webster to Flower City Pkwy in town on the weekends to stay with fellow co-ops working at Kodak. Good old days...

 

[Adam Zimmermann]

Marie13 where exactly is up your way?? Francesea there is a couple of dive shops up here drop me a line if you want to know where they are. Lowviz you're right about RIT, I worked there for one summer and even in the summer it was awesome. I think it is rated as the second best Tech school right after MIT. Just as a side note i'm just getting back into this after about 25 years so all my equipment is from a sporting goods store (U.S. Divers) so I don't have the best but I just have to prove to my wife that its something that i will stick with, I kinda have a tendency to start and not finish those why i want good places to go and not just float around a beach somewheres.

Adam

 

[Compressor]

Welcome to SB Adam. A great place to hang out on surface intervals. We are neighbors.