winter months!

hantzu701 · Oct 28, 2003

I suppose this has been discussed before, and probably isn't much of an issue for those down South, BUT

What do you do during the winter months when you can't dive?

I dive in the Midwest and the dive sites are beginning to close. I think this weekend is going to be my last dive until Spring. I think that either I'm going to go crazy from not being able to scuba, or I'll have to fly somewhere warm to get wet!

Northeastwrecks · Oct 28, 2003

Personally, I dive all year round. I use a drysuit and argon.

I'm seriously considering an ice diving course on the St. Lawrence.

There's no reason to stop if you can find water.

nauifins73 · Oct 28, 2003

I'm going to work on my Dive Con course - not the same as getting wet but it will have to do.

Becky

Don Burke · Oct 28, 2003

hantzu701 once bubbled... I suppose this has been discussed before, and probably isn't much of an issue for those down South, BUT

What do you do during the winter months when you can't dive?

I dive in the Midwest and the dive sites are beginning to close. I think this weekend is going to be my last dive until Spring. I think that either I'm going to go crazy from not being able to scuba, or I'll have to fly somewhere warm to get wet!

I intend to run dive trips out of Norfolk whenever I can get divers and the weather to cooperate. Winter is normally our best visability.

When it gets a little colder, I'll bring argon for drysuit flushing. I'm also trying to figure out an elegant way to put hot water in a wetsuit.

There's a powerplant cooling lake in West Virginia, at Mount Storm that many go to in the colder months. I did a wetsuit dive there with snow on the ground. Perhaps you can find something like that near you.

I also dive the aquariums at the Virginia Marine Science Museum. That's year-round.

eod · Oct 29, 2003

I'm planning the ice dive specialty in january-february. Otherwise I will go to the regular dive spots where the ice very rarely settles (so I've heard).

bubbleslan · Oct 29, 2003

I am in the Chicago area too and I plan to drive down to Bonne Terre a couple times for weekends trips (about a 6 hour drive from Chicago) as well as fly somewhere tropical at least once, if not twice, during the winter months!

Drew Sailbum · Oct 29, 2003

What's that? I'm going diving.

BTW, Cayman Airways is starting non-stop service to Chicago with very good introductory fares.

bubbleslan · Oct 29, 2003

Drew,
Thanks for that info...I just checked out their website and I am seriously considering booking a ticket for the first of February!

JDostal · Oct 29, 2003

I go ice diving, so my diving never really stops it just kinda slows down.

Around here, when you dive somewhat deep (100' or so) the water is about 40f-42f anyway. Winter just makes the water a little harder to get to, but honestly not a whole heck of a lot colder. It's actually a few degrees cooler in the shallow water due to the proximity of the ice - it makes the water colder near the ice and it actually gets a few degrees warmer as you get away from it.

The only reason we don't ice dive every weekend is because cutting the hole, running the ropes, etc gets to be kind of a pain.

If you haven't taken the ice specialty, I highly recommend it. It's one of those specialties that actually GETS you something - it enables you to modify your diving to get more out of it, unlike some of the dumber specialties.

O-ring · Oct 29, 2003

If you live in a seasonal locale, try a winter sport! I love snowboarding just as much as diving and can hardly concentrate on planning a New Years dive trip to the Caribbean because I want to get on the mountain so bad.

The beauty of combining diving with a winter sport is that the seasons dovetail almost perfectly. By the end of dive season, you are jonesing to get on the slopes so bad you can hardly stand it. Similarly, by the end of winter, you want to dive so bad you can taste it..

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