Monroe Dive Center - Quarry (MI)

[rickydazla]

Rick--good news. What is Bruno's time frame?

"Time frame" doesn't exist in Bruno's vocabulary! I'd like to get it sorted asap...

 

[Busdiver]

Rick I give you a lot of credit for trying to change the mindset of one of the dive shop owners on our side of town. Being proactive has not been part of their vocabulary. I continue to say kudos to Rich at Divers Inc for what he is doing at Whitestar. This is one of the reasons why I will probably add a few extra days down there this season verse going to another quarry or just diving the river.

Keep us informed on Memphis. It is a great location for folks coming from Detroit and from Flint.

 

[Riverrat Dave]

I talked to Bruno today and he said that when they dove the quarry site in Memphis, it had really bad viz and was not a viable site. He also said that he was looking into another site somewhere near Yale, either way, at four bucks a gallon, anything closer is better.

Has anyone ever dove in Hewitt's Pit in the Comstock hills near Croswell? We used to camp there when I was a kid and I remember it to be pretty clear but it's been about 30 years since I have been there.

 

[rickydazla]

I talked to Bruno today and he said that when they dove the quarry site in Memphis, it had really bad viz and was not a viable site.

Yeah, it was a shame; it was in lovely surrounds but unfortunately was like swimming in chocolate milk. I put a couple of pictures up here: Bruno's Dive Shop - Navication Diver Class Photos 05.28.08 (Memphis Gravel Pit).

 

[boat sju]

In case anyone's curious :

MonroeNews.com - The Monroe Evening News, Monroe, MI

 

[Mr B]

The more it fills up the deeper it gets, right? I say fill it up!

 

[PvtStash]

Diving in 2009 ?

any new information here ?

 

[shermen]

any updates on the Monroe quarry? the website doesn't seem to work any more? Is the quarry still being dived in?

 

[bladephotog]

any updates on the Monroe quarry? the website doesn't seem to work any more? Is the quarry still being dived in?

AFAIK it's still closed for diving. The dive shop is gone and the only diving I've seen done in it is when local law enforcement were looking for a body from a murder case which was eventually found elsewhere.