Southern Maryland?

[DivingMonkey]

I'm about to head back to school down in southern MD, the St. Mary's/Lexington Park area. Is there anything at all down there worth diving, or is everything back up here with Millbrook and whatnot? I think I saw a dive shop out Rt4 toward Solomon's, but I don't know if they run any dives in the area...if you know what store I'm talking about, and have their info that would be great.

I come back to DC all the time, but if I can get some dive time in closer to school that would make things easier...

[O-ring]

Ask around about a dive off Solomon's Island. That's the only thing I remember hearing up that way, but I don't get up there often enough to know. I know there was some shore dive up there, but I can't remember the name of it.

[cabrerad]

I actually went to St. Mary's College, but go figure, never dived down in Southern Maryland while I was there. I have always heard there is diving there, mostly shallow and mostly for fossils and such (which can be fun). I have pasted a couple links, including one on a German U-boat (U-1105). It's right at the mouth of the Potomac. Unfortunately I have no idea if there are organized trips there. It’s an advanced dive though (low to zero vis, 85 feet deep, with currents). So it’s not like a 85 foot warm water wreck dive in the Caribbean. I would try contacting the dive shops I listed and ask them if there are any trips to the sub. I am sure you know there is also a lot of wreck diving off the coast. One of the commonly used boats is the Surface Interval. Anyways I would contact one of the dive shops such as divers source and tell them you are interested in local (southern Maryland diving) and see what they say. Good luck.

David C.

Dive shops:

http://diverssource.com/

http://www.aquaventuresonline.com/Upcoming.html

http://www.dcdiver.com/

http://www.brassanchor.com/divewher.htm


U-Boat:

http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/u1105.html

[cornfed]

I think I saw a dive shop out Rt4 toward Solomon's, but I don't know if they run any dives in the area...if you know what store I'm talking about, and have their info that would be great.There is a dive shop on Rt 4 just north of the bridge.

http://www.seadiveandcycle.com/