Staff of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Home Page are busy!! Busy putting mooring buoys in!! I heard they had about a dozen in and aren't stopping! They hope to have nearly twice as many in this year as they have ever put in before!
I bumped into Wayne last night who works with NOAA and he showed me some pictures that made my jaw drop. Vis is UNBELEIVABLE!! Of course water temp was 37 degrees. He said on every wreck they have done so far, they have been able to see the entire wreck from the surface. So vis is at least 100ft.in Lake Huron. He showed me a picture of a 165' barge and you can see the entire barge end to end in the shot, which tells me he had to be about 150" away from it and it was a crystal clear picture. I will see if he will cough up a couple of shots to post to get you Great Lakes divers blood a pumping.
I drove through the parking lot at the marina this morning and there was Great Lakes Dive Charters boat in the parking lot! Woo Hoo!! . I see that the Dive Shop in Flint already has a trip planned up here and Divers Incorporated either does or is planning one.
The local Convention and Visitors Bureau has information on their website http://www.alpenacvb.com/scuba-diving-44/ but be sure to call or email them for the Diver Discount coupons. There are some good discounts and the 40 winks motel has a secure dry area for equipment storage and drying. I am working with the Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve Committee in trying to get a lot of this information and coupons up on a website, which will make things a lot more convenient.
Any questions, don't be afraid to get a hold of me!
Jeff
I bumped into Wayne last night who works with NOAA and he showed me some pictures that made my jaw drop. Vis is UNBELEIVABLE!! Of course water temp was 37 degrees. He said on every wreck they have done so far, they have been able to see the entire wreck from the surface. So vis is at least 100ft.in Lake Huron. He showed me a picture of a 165' barge and you can see the entire barge end to end in the shot, which tells me he had to be about 150" away from it and it was a crystal clear picture. I will see if he will cough up a couple of shots to post to get you Great Lakes divers blood a pumping.
I drove through the parking lot at the marina this morning and there was Great Lakes Dive Charters boat in the parking lot! Woo Hoo!! . I see that the Dive Shop in Flint already has a trip planned up here and Divers Incorporated either does or is planning one.
The local Convention and Visitors Bureau has information on their website http://www.alpenacvb.com/scuba-diving-44/ but be sure to call or email them for the Diver Discount coupons. There are some good discounts and the 40 winks motel has a secure dry area for equipment storage and drying. I am working with the Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve Committee in trying to get a lot of this information and coupons up on a website, which will make things a lot more convenient.
Any questions, don't be afraid to get a hold of me!
Jeff
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thats up from 37 degrees we had back on April 18th...Also the Regina seems to be breaking up a bit more and more each year...This season its more noticable that last.
