So where's everyone diving this weekend?

[Scubagal]

I'm dry unfortunately this weekend. Hoping to dive Quail Run Quarry near Malvern, IA next weekend. Only 34 days until Tortola, BVI. Can't wait!

[netmage]

Kenosha tonite on the SS Wisconsin & Milwaukee Sunday on the CF Milwaukee & The Willy...

[MgicTwnger]

Mermet Saturday & Sunday.

[Atlaua]

I'm dry unfortunately this weekend. Hoping to dive Quail Run Quarry near Malvern, IA next weekend. Only 34 days until Tortola, BVI. Can't wait!

There are 2 Quail Run Quarries? That's where I'll be, except the one in MO.

[Scubagal]

There are 2 Quail Run Quarries? That's where I'll be, except the one in MO.

I guess so, here's a link: http://www.scubauww.com/quailrun.html

[DeepDiverBob]

That vis is 1000 times better than the vis at the MO Quail Run...that looks like an awesome place to train.

And to answer the initial question, I will be diving at Penny Royal on Saturday, and most likely Mermet on Sunday. I am on my way to the blue grass state here in about 90 minutes. (7 days until Roatan)

[theskull]

I'll be dry this weekend, too. Going cave diving in Cannonball Cave. Well, I guess my cheeks and finger tips will get wet, LOL. This dry weather has made for some fantastic local cave diving conditions! :)

theskull

[nitroxbabe]

Off to lovely Mud... - um, I mean Pearl Lake on Saturday, Sunday the Wisconsin w/ the Enterprise out of Waukegan.

[Mverick]

My bathtub... Blub, Blub... Turn of the ceiling light and hit the HID.... ;-)

Gotta work... And that sucks...LOL

[Mverick]

Off to lovely Mud... - um, I mean Pearl Lake on Saturday, Sunday the Wisconsin w/ the Enterprise out of Waukegan.

I love diving on the Enterprise.... I'm jelous....

[scubatim2004]

I for one am doing my PADI AOW @ Haigh Quarry Kankakee, IL

[Scubagal]

I for one am doing my PADI AOW @ Haigh Quarry Kankakee, IL

Good luck! :2117: Hope it goes well.

[StSomewhere]

Scubagal, I'd like to join you guys out there next weekend (did my ow checkout dives there) but as usual work gets in the way. :( Maybe I'll try the night dive/cookout the last Saturday of August...

[Scubagal]

Scubagal, I'd like to join you guys out there next weekend (did my ow checkout dives there) but as usual work gets in the way. :( Maybe I'll try the night dive/cookout the last Saturday of August...

Sorry you can't join us! I hate it when work interferes with diving. How long ago did you do your ow checkout dives? Just curious of the time of year, visibility, water temps, etc. We've never dove there, just wanted an idea of what to expect. Thanks!

[StSomewhere]

My OW checkouts were last summer. :)

The water gets cold at the thermocline like you'd expect -- I think it was 55° at 20' last fall when we pulled in the platform and beached the dock for the winter. Don has updated conditions on his main webpage (http://www.scubauww.com), it says currently 62° at 25' which sounds about right, definitely 7mm conditions.

Vis varies from good to poor, based on when the quarry "turns over" and when the last group of OW students kicked up the bottom (esp between the dock and the dive platform). Nothing a muck diver can't handle. ;)

It really is the only game in town though, unless you want to drive to Beaver Lake, AR or Table Rock, which have better conditions (and more space and better access!) but take up a whole weekend with the drive down and back. The gravel road down to Quail Run from the county road could use some, er.... help. Bring a truck or a car with some clearance.

FWIW, due to insurance concerns diving is only open when an UWW instructor or divemaster is onsite, so that tends to limit access to weekends with the OW students doing their skills.

Have fun!

[MgicTwnger]

I love diving on the Enterprise.... I'm jelous....
Me too, although I just got back from a nice weekend at Mermet. Got wet a couple of times with our own DiverBob, He seemed to get a lot wetter than I did. I'll let him sing the blues about drysuits.

[steve2281]

Me too, although I just got back from a nice weekend at Mermet. Got wet a couple of times with our own DiverBob, He seemed to get a lot wetter than I did. I'll let him sing the blues about drysuits.

ut oh, tell me more

[nitroxbabe]

Hi ya'll, just got home - it was a beautiful day and we had good dives. Scenes from the Enterprise...

(Hope we don't make you guys TOO jealous... :)

First photo - Todd & Cap't Dale, second me & my hubby


Me too, although I just got back from a nice weekend at Mermet. Got wet a couple of times with our own DiverBob, He seemed to get a lot wetter than I did. I'll let him sing the blues about drysuits.

[MgicTwnger]

ut oh, tell me more
When he turned his head too far his neck seal leaked. I just figure that a drysuit is just a "dryer" suit.

[reefraff]

Tobermorey. If the breezes die down, I hope to get reaquainted with the Arabia followed by a day split between Grand Bend and the Pinery.

[nitroxbabe]

Hey Steve -
Where/what is Tobermorey?
And does this mean you are elevated from a lowly "quarrior"? Glad to hear you're feeling better!!!

I'm probably dry this weekend unless I opt for another exciting murk-filled dive in the lovely Pearl Lake.

But, next weekend back on the Enterprise for my (hopefully) last TDI course dive -

Then up to dive the Straits on the 20th & 21st - REALLY looking foward to that!

I think there's still a couple spots open on the boat that weekend... :)

[MgicTwnger]

This is the scoop on Tobermory: http://www.adventuredives.com/tob.htm

[Scubagal]

My OW checkouts were last summer. :)

The water gets cold at the thermocline like you'd expect -- I think it was 55° at 20' last fall when we pulled in the platform and beached the dock for the winter. Don has updated conditions on his main webpage (http://www.scubauww.com/), it says currently 62° at 25' which sounds about right, definitely 7mm conditions.

Vis varies from good to poor, based on when the quarry "turns over" and when the last group of OW students kicked up the bottom (esp between the dock and the dive platform). Nothing a muck diver can't handle. ;)

It really is the only game in town though, unless you want to drive to Beaver Lake, AR or Table Rock, which have better conditions (and more space and better access!) but take up a whole weekend with the drive down and back. The gravel road down to Quail Run from the county road could use some, er.... help. Bring a truck or a car with some clearance.

FWIW, due to insurance concerns diving is only open when an UWW instructor or divemaster is onsite, so that tends to limit access to weekends with the OW students doing their skills.

Have fun!

Thanks for the info! According to the UWW calendar, they are conducting OWT this weekend, so we should be fine. Sorry you can't join us!

[nitroxbabe]

Thanks Ken!

Wow - that looks great. I'm jealous...

Another trip for another day.

Have fun Steve!

This is the scoop on Tobermory: http://www.adventuredives.com/tob.htm

[MgicTwnger]

Another trip for another day.

Have fun Steve!
Oh yeah, I've been trying to get up there for the last couple of years. Mabye next summer.......

[nescubasteve]

Connie and StSomewhere,

Would like to dive Quail Run, but unable to make it this weekend (Vegas here I come! then down to Dallas/Austin area for a week). I might be able to make it August 27 - 28 weekend, however. Night dive/BBQ sounds good to me! Haven't dove the site yet, but have gone in the shop (bought a new light - anyone else have a total inability to go into a dive shop without buying something???) and have some friends that dove there last weekend. It will be nice to have some diving a little closer to home (Lincoln).

StSomewhere, I will let you know if I will be making the trek to Malvern the last weekend of August. Always looking for more dive buddies.

Steve

[Atlaua]

Looks like pool time for me...

James

[DeepDiverBob]

I will be in Roatan.

[StSomewhere]

I will be in Roatan.Its a tough life but someone has to live it, huh? ;)

[Atlaua]

I will be in Roatan.

Did you see the news this morning? Due to civil unrest all flights in and out of Honduras have been canceled until further notice..






























:2697: Got ya for a second, didn't I?

[DeepDiverBob]

not at all, because I have been bouncing back and forth between CNN and NOAA looking for anything that would screw this up.

[StSomewhere]

Scubagal and anyone else local to Omaha, failing a better plan (better plan defined as deeper/clearer water) I'm doing the night dive and cookout at UWW's Quail Run quarry (the other Quail Run in Malvern, IA) on Aug. 27th. Come out and join me.

Or feel free to try and talk me into a road trip to Beaver Lake, Table Rock, Oronogo, etc. though. :) Or maybe the weekend of Sept 10th would work better? That's probably the best bet with my schedule...

DeepDiverBob, how was CCV? I found out today that Don from UWW in Omaha was there that same week. Small world... :)

[Scubagal]

Scubagal and anyone else local to Omaha, failing a better plan (better plan defined as deeper/clearer water) I'm doing the night dive and cookout at UWW's Quail Run quarry (the other Quail Run in Malvern, IA) on Aug. 27th. Come out and join me.

Or feel free to try and talk me into a road trip to Beaver Lake, Table Rock, Oronogo, etc. though. :) Or maybe the weekend of Sept 10th would work better? That's probably the best bet with my schedule...

DeepDiverBob, how was CCV? I found out today that Don from UWW in Omaha was there that same week. Small world... :)

We're tentatively planning on diving at Quail Run on Sunday, August 21st. According to their calendar, they should be there that weekend with 3 OW divers. We had planned to go to Oronogo the first weekend in August, however a last minute business trip interfered with those plans. :(

Can't make it the weekend of September 10th, unfortunately. We'll have just returned from Tortola! :D Heartland Scuba's Treasure Dive is September 10-11 if you're interested, here's some info from last year's event: Treasure Dive (http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=71123)

[StSomewhere]

Heartland Scuba's Treasure Dive is September 10-11 if you're interested, here's some info from last year's event: Treasure Dive (http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=71123)Thanks Scubagal, I'll check into it!

Oh, and sorry to hear you had to go diving someplace tropical. ;) Hope you guys had a blast! Did you go down with an LDS or on your own?

[Scubagal]

Thanks Scubagal, I'll check into it!

Oh, and sorry to hear you had to go diving someplace tropical. ;) Hope you guys had a blast! Did you go down with an LDS or on your own?

Actually, we haven't left yet! The trip is over Labor Day weekend. I did the trip planning myself. If we get some decent UW pics I'll post a trip report when we get back. Last January we went on a trip with our LDS to Cozumel, first time we'd done that. The timing usually doesn't work out, so we normally end up planning trips on our own.

[MgicTwnger]

Just got a call from Capt. Mike Tapper of N'Pursuit. His DM is sick so I'll be covering for him tomorrow.

[Atlaua]

Nice Ken, free diving is always great. You might want to consider getting some liability insurance if you're going to do that though...

James

[MgicTwnger]

Nice Ken, free diving is always great. You might want to consider getting some liability insurance if you're going to do that though...

James
It's a non-issue. I just got home: the trips were blown out. At least I got a free night at Trumps.

[steve2281]

It's a non-issue. I just got home: the trips were blown out. At least I got a free night at Trumps.

Mermet is always the safest bet as far as the wind and weather is concerned. I bet it's a hot one there today, though.

[Atlaua]

It's a non-issue. I just got home: the trips were blown out. At least I got a free night at Trumps.

I'm thinking more of a general rule. If you're going to become a backup for Capn' Mike, IMHO it would be in your best interest to get your posterior covered. If this was a one time thing, I wouldn't worry.

James

P.S. Sorry you were blown out, that's a drag. Would have liked to have heard what the conditions were like.

[MgicTwnger]

I'm thinking more of a general rule. If you're going to become a backup for Capn' Mike, IMHO it would be in your best interest to get your posterior covered. If this was a one time thing, I wouldn't worry.


James

P.S. Sorry you were blown out, that's a drag. Would have liked to have heard what the conditions were like.

It was a one-time thing (I think). Conditions that morning were 3-foot seas and a steady drizzle, both predicted to get worse throughout the day. Poor Mike was crying in his diet Pepsi.

[Atlaua]

Well if he was blown out anyway he should have been crying into something a little harder...

[Jethroish]

Not diving this weekend, but headed to Panama City, FL next week to dive at Hydrospace.
Went to Beaver Lake this past weekend.