diverrobs
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I did the Oakville wreck dive with Oakville Divers last night: Untitled Document . Cost for the dive was $35.00 and the boat left at 7:00pm. The boat is a nice sturdy tug. Great boat to dive from. There were 8 of us diving last night, from biggners <10 dives to tech divers. The boat goes out Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sat. and Sun. Robert the instructor/captain/dive shop owner was great. Only 15 min. out to the wrecks. We only dove the main wreck, there are several on the bottom in this area all marked with lines from the main wreck. The main wreck is about a 60' barge, steel not that interesting, must have been a hang out for drunks before it was sunk because there are hundreds of liquor bottles around the barge and inside. Water was really cold 43F, one diver had a free flow and had to abort. My buddy got cold at 12min (he was diving wet) and we came up. Probably could not have been down more than 20min anyways (I was really sucking back air in the cold water). Visibility was about 40' on the bottom, probably only 10' at the surface. Next time we are going to load my buddies wet suit with warm water before going down. I am looking forward to going back and seeing the other wrecks and the Cessna next week. This is an excellent site to get more familiar with, relatively deep cold water diving (>60' deep).
Really a great way to spend a Tuesday evening. I hope the water gets closer to 50 in the summer.
Really a great way to spend a Tuesday evening. I hope the water gets closer to 50 in the summer.