paul3mac
New
Hello All-
I've been reading this board for the last few weeks, but this is my first post. My wife and I just completed the classroom/pool segment of the Open Water certification. We're now ready to do our checkout dives, but our instructor, as of last weekend, has stopped making trips to a local quarry to do the checkout dives because it is getting too cold.
My question... does anyone know of anywhere in the general Mid-Atlantic area (say 6 hr or less drive from Baltimore) where there is a hot spring or some other phenomenon which keeps the water warmer a little longer and/or check out dives are offered in November? I've read about Mt. Storm lake in WV and that seems like a possibility. Or would it be better to just wait until Spring when it warms back up a bit around here, or head south to Florida or Caribbean to do the check out dives (which obviously would be ideal, but would like to save the money).
I've been reading this board for the last few weeks, but this is my first post. My wife and I just completed the classroom/pool segment of the Open Water certification. We're now ready to do our checkout dives, but our instructor, as of last weekend, has stopped making trips to a local quarry to do the checkout dives because it is getting too cold.
My question... does anyone know of anywhere in the general Mid-Atlantic area (say 6 hr or less drive from Baltimore) where there is a hot spring or some other phenomenon which keeps the water warmer a little longer and/or check out dives are offered in November? I've read about Mt. Storm lake in WV and that seems like a possibility. Or would it be better to just wait until Spring when it warms back up a bit around here, or head south to Florida or Caribbean to do the check out dives (which obviously would be ideal, but would like to save the money).
