Anyone from the greater Lansing area?? Need LDS info

[Mitten Diver]

Well if you haven't been arrested for rioting the diving can be pretty good, even for the novice diver. My son, age 14 at the time and I did our first open water dives after certification up in Munnising with Captain Pete Lindquist. Nice easy diving with the deepest dive to 90' on the Smith Moore. There are plenty of other sites as well that are suitable for novice divers. Make the Meet & Greet and you will be able to discuss this with many experts from all areas including some OSU fans, I know what are you gonna do. We can't discriminate, its part of our bylaws.

You may want to get yourself a drysuit though as I don't think that the ankle tether will hold up to depth to well.

 

[hollywood703]

I was going to do some recommendations myself, but since they Graduated MSU, maybe they should stick to the kidde pools with snorkels.....scuba might just be a bit too technical

 

[SpartanDiver]

Last time I saw an ankle tether it was hooked to the Walmart Wolvie as he left my porch after I paid for the pizza. Poor kid, I'm sure it takes a lot of tips to pay for formula and diapers. After all, his sister can only breast feed for so long....

 

[SpartanDiver]

Ok, ok. Playful jesting aside, back to the business of diving...

I don't think that I will be able to make this meet and greet on such short notice. However, if there is another one in the near future, hopefully I can make that one and will be certified by that time.

 

[boat sju]

Spartan,

ZZ's was sold this winter. I've been told that the new owner is going to try to provide a little bit more for the technical diver, so you may want to talk to him. His name is Michael.

 

[SpartanDiver]

Boat,

Thanks for the heads up regarding ZZS. I'll check in with them as well as Aquatic Sports sometime in the next week or so.

 

[Divers Incorporated]

I know Sheila and Richard from Aquatic Sports.. they are good people and they used to work at Divers Incorporated before they ventured out on their own. The quarrry they have behind the shop is convenient to do open water diving but I have not dived there... their facility is fantastic.

Diving locations with clear water are harder to find than most people think when they get started in diving. That is why we travel to the Ohio quarries. I have a number of clients who make the journey to Ann Arbor for classes and to the quarry for dives... but you spartans may not be all that welcome here in the land of Maize and Blue

If you think rivalries are bad, I own a dive shop in Ann Arbor and Run a quarry in Ohio... I never wear blue and yellow down there (afraid of the outcome

Good luck with your class... wherever you take it support that dive center and they will (should) support you.

Rich

 

[MSU99]

Spartan,

Just had to reply to keep the Spartan Avatar's going!!!!!!!!! the stuff in () is the training agencies.

ZZ's (SSI) is pretty good, I got certified through them while taking a Scuba class at MSU. Aquatic Sports (PADI) I've only been in there place when they were located in Okemos but hey seemed to have a pretty good selection and were friendly, I really dig their PADI link with the babes in bikinis. Other opitons are Divers Mast (PADI I think), as mentioned in previous posts, in Jackson and Sub Aquatic Sports & Service (NAUI) in Battle Creek, they have a decent amount of Tech DIR style gear (they carry Dive Rite as I recall)

I'm not following the logic of not wanting to get certified by a dive shop just because you can't do the open water out the back door. Gilboa (the quarry where ZZ's does there open water at) is a pretty cool place to do the open water cert and provides for some pretty interesting/fun diving. Living in Lansing/Mason the best diving is going to be located over an hour away anyhow. Best thing to do is see if you can talk to the instructor's at each place and get a feel for how they may be at teaching the class/personality stuff.

 

[Thunder Bay Minnow]

For many wrecks within your certification limit you should try Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Home Page

SITE NAMELATITUDELONGITUDEDEPTH
E.B. AllenN45-°00.98'W83-°09.889' 100 ft.
Barge #1 - sternN45-°00.973'W83-°18.252' 42 ft.
Harvey Bissell - bowN45-°03.369'W83-°25.605' 11 ft.
Oscar T. FlintN45-°01.568'W83-°20.843' 30 ft.
Grecian - bowN44-°58.109'W83-°12.057' 96 ft.
Grecian - sternN44-°58.099'W83-°11.979' 96 ft.
Middle Island SinkholeN45-°11.898'W83-°19.665' 72 ft.
MonohansettN45-°01.996'W83-°11.988' 17 ft.
Montana - bowN44-°59.025'W83-°16.013' 66 ft.
Montana - sternN44-°59.046'W83-°16.038' 66 ft.
New OrleansN45-°02.558'W83-°14.393' 13 ft.
NordmeerN45-°08.161'W83-°09.586' 40 ft.
OgaritaN45-°06.326'W83-°13.077' 27 ft.
Rend - bowN45-°03.742'W83-°23.555' 15 ft.
Scanlon BargeN45-°02.091'W83-°19.595' 13 ft.
Scanlon - boomN45-°02.149'W83-°19.627' 13 ft.
Scanlon - boilerN45-°02.140'W83-°19.589' 13 ft.
Shamrock - sternN45-°03.077'W83-°26.043' 11 ft.
Thew - sternN45-°02.705'W83-°26.043' 82 ft.
Van Valkenburg - sternN45-°03.390'W83-°10.210' 60 ft.
John F. WarnerN45-°03.050'W83-°26.128' 11 ft.
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary - Mooring Buoy Wreck Coordinates


There are many choices on how to get there. Scuba Diving - Alpena Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Although a few are shore dives.

Wreck Sites

Sinkholes are cool too!! Sink Holes

Northeastern Michigan is an active karst area. We have numerous sink holes through out the area but there is no higher concentration of sinks than the Rock Port Sinks. I have personally found 5 or 6 holes where their bottom can not be decerned from shore. The rest are either mostly dry or look no more than 5 feet deep. Only further exploration will reveal their secrets.
These sinks MUST be approached with extreme caution as they are still active and many are surrounded with vernicle cliffs over 20' in height. There has been mentioned that there may exist small holes not much bigger than a man that open up to a cavern of unknown depths. Please explore the area with great caution. At present this author has identified 7 wet sink holes and has the bruises to prove how difficult they are to access. Caution should be taken entering and exiting the water as some shores are covered by many feet of soft muck and vegetation and could suck one in. Treat the shores as if they were quick sand!
The area is profuse with Petoskey Stone and other Devonion fossils. Rock Port Quarry deserves a visit by any serious Rock Hound, although the area is owned by the State of Michigan who lays claim to any and all items found thereon.
I hope you enjoy and are intrigued by these images and plan some time to explore the Rock Port Sinks.
Joseph Sobczak

So come on up!

There is a local group that dives almost every weekend. If you get ahold of the local dive shop, usually they can tell you who is diving where that weekend.

Jeff

 

[Randy43068]

thanks!