Tha Bizness
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Hey guys and gals... I was wondering if anybody has dove a quarry in Joliet, IL before. Right off of Brandon Road I think.
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Tha Bizness:Hey guys and gals... I was wondering if anybody has dove a quarry in Joliet, IL before. Right off of Brandon Road I think.
hantzu701:It's called Brandon Quarry. It's leased and managed by Visibility Unlimited, a dive shop in Orland Park. Because it is leased and not owned, very little development of the site has been done. There are no air fills on site. The changing rooms are in an old truck trailer.
The diving is okay and vis can be better than Haigh b/c Brandon doesn't get the OW student traffic that Haigh does. Brandon also has a sunken bus, two ambulances, and a few ?stolen cars.
For insurance reasons, an instructor must be present when divers are in the water, so the quarry isn't open on a regular basis. I've had police stop to check if we were trespassing, so I guess they see some "drive by" diving.
Hantzu
hantzu701:It's called Brandon Quarry. It's leased and managed by Visibility Unlimited, a dive shop in Orland Park. Because it is leased and not owned, very little development of the site has been done. There are no air fills on site. The changing rooms are in an old truck trailer.
The diving is okay and vis can be better than Haigh b/c Brandon doesn't get the OW student traffic that Haigh does. Brandon also has a sunken bus, two ambulances, and a few ?stolen cars.
For insurance reasons, an instructor must be present when divers are in the water, so the quarry isn't open on a regular basis. I've had police stop to check if we were trespassing, so I guess they see some "drive by" diving.
Hantzu
Backtanner:Is there any contact info or do you just show up and hope an instructor is present?