Morton Street Wharf this afternoon.

Rob, Scott and I dove at the Morton street wharf this afternoon. We spent 56 minutes under the water. We had a good look at the wharf as well as the fish. On our way out just as I got to the end of the Wharf I saw a large sheeps head fish. I followed it a small way then moved on to go around the wharf. On the other side of the wharf we ran into a small school of bass. They seemed to be curious about us. They followed us for a while. For all those fishermen out there. I KNOW WHERE THE FISH ARE!!! You guys should learn how to dive I think we could have reached out and almost touched the bass today. At this point we turned the dive. The water was about 70 degrees and the visibility was around 20 feet.

Wolfe Island Winter Dock

Chris, Scott and I decided we would dive at a new place that I had heard about on Wolfe Island. It was called Reed's Bay. We didn't find an easy place to get in the water and it looked really shallow so we moved on to the Winter Dock for the Wolfe Islander. It was cloudy and overcast this morning as you can see on the left. The water tempature was 70 degrees and the visibility was about 15'.

Night Dive at the Pump House

We had a great dive at the pump house Thursday night. Scott and I joined in on the Advanced open water course that Mike was running. 6 divers entered the water by the west street boat ramp near the pump house. We followed the line for a while and then the logs. While diving we saw some nice size fish. I had a large pike swim underneath me. He was not afraid of me at all. As I looked up I could see the moon. It is amazing how much light comes through the water from the moon. For those interested the water temp was 68 degrees and the visibility was about 30 feet.

The Wolfe Islander is still there!!!

As you can guess tonight's dive was the Wolfe Islander (again). This seems to be our favorite wreck. The boat was full again tonight we had 11 divers out. I am sorry folks I missed the picture perfect moment tonight. We had two divers (who shall remain name less because they know who they are) who forgot to take the straps that hold their tanks in place on the boat off of the tanks before they put their BC's on and therefore when they tried to stand up they couldn't. Sorry guys I couldn't let that one go by because I know if it had been me you would not have hesitated to put it in the blog. You guys would have had the pictures too!! OK now for the good stuff. We were treated to some home made cookies tonight by Sheila and Ashley. They even made them in the shape of a diver as you can see in the picture on the left. The fins are missing I think someone may have eaten them before the picture could be taken. Thanks for the cookies they were great!!!!

In Search of the Stacked Hulls

Rick and I made our way down to Portsmouth Olympic harbour to dive the stacked hulls. We thought a noon start would mean it would be nice and clear. Our first task though, was to navigate the maze of cars and sail boats in the in the parking area. We entered the water and headed straight for the anchors and then were going to follow the line out to the stacked hulls. We were taking our time and came up to the stop sign where there was a huge bass just sitting in the water beside it. The fish made for a Kodak moment but we did not have a camera with us, it just starred back at us saying I am not moving. We continued on our way seeing multiple other large fish. In about 38 feet of water the line seemed to be replaced by a new line we followed this line off to a rock. After this we turned the dive and headed back to shore after breifly doing a saftey stop at the anchor with the swastika. The temp for todays dive was 70F with the visibilty in the area of 15 ft.

Two dives

Today I had the pleasure of showing some members from the CFB Borden two sites here in Kingston. Approxiamately 10 of their club members came to the area for the weekend; and after spending yesterday in the Brockville area they got up early to jump in at the pump house. Our second dive was at the Domino theatre. The 70f water seemed to be cooler first thing with the cooler air temparture. We made it to the barge and saw lots of fish highlighted personally by the sight of a huge pike. After our 50 min swim we jumped in the cars and went down the road to Morton street to swimm around the under water docks here. Here some members found old canteens and plates. Most divers stayed in the water here for about 1 hour. I am sure they had a great time and I was telling them about some of our other area dives and the members are planning to come back in Septmeber to try some of our other diving hot spots.

Basic Open Water Course

Congratulations Everyone!

Scott and I had the pleasure of sitting in on Mike's basic open water course this morning. We would like to take this time to congratulate the students and we look forward to diving with them in the future.




The pictures below show the students hard at work practicing their navigation, Buddy checks and how to enter the water safely.




Great work and we hope to see you at the club.

This Wednesday's dive was The Lilly Parsons

12 club members headed out to Brockville to dive with Martin Charters. The wreck this week was the Lilly Parsons. Many interesting things happened on this dive. As I sat back and listened I could hear many different conversations going on. Scott and I were discussing the different kinds of fish in and around the wreck. There were plenty of Pickerel, Bass, and Pike. All very big!. While below, we had a tanker go through, and I could hear everyone discuss how much they could feel the vibration from the engines. Others were discussing how the line to show our exit point had broken and the current was strong enough to take the line straight along the cliff. AND last but not least how this was Steve Coombs 100th dive. Congratulations!!!!!!

A Great way to spend a Saturday

11 club members found a great way to spend Saturday. Not only did we have 3 great dives we were also able to get a glimpse of some of the Poker run boats as well.

We met at 1000 Island Pleasure Divers in Rockport yesterday and entered US waters to see the one wreck that everyone seems to love to visit, the Keystorm.

After a great lunch and some snacks we then moved on to the America. With the sound of the poker run boats roaring overhead we followed the line down to the America. The fish here were plentiful.

The first sight to great us were pike that was easily about 1 1/2 feet long as well as a very large pickerel. As we hovered over the wreck I counted 14 bass that varied in size just floating about 3 or 4 inches over the top of the boat. After a thorough investigation of
the wreck we then turned the dive.

During our next surface interval we had a nice leisurely boat ride through the 1000 islands to Deere Island and our next dive. This dive was a nice leisurely drift along the wall at Deere Island. Unless you were with me. Apparently (so I am told) you are not suppose to swim on a drift dive!!! I am told that we blasted by the others who entered the water before us. I just thought the others were slow! I had things to see and places to go. I don't know where I was going but I was going.

It was nice to spend the day with some old friends and new ones. Thank you to Captain Rick for a wonderful day. I would also like to thank those who made the day happen. Thank you Rick, Geoff, Billy and Jenny we couldn't have asked for a better day.

Diving the 737

The day started in the mid afternoon with my friend and I heading one hour north from Victoria to Chemainus, a town "renowned for it's murals". From there we attempted to contact a local man who did charters out to the 737 that was sunk around a year ago in the area. With my friend and I having no luck we had to set out on our own to find the wreck and with help from the local populace we located the bouy marking the dive site and set out. We planned what we would do of course, making a large surface swim of around 1KM against the tide and then descending straight down the line to the wreck, staying until 1000 PSI then swimming at depth to shore then ascending at 800. Since I only had my BOW we had to limit the depth of the dive, but with only a total of about 26 minutes of underwater time there was barely enough time to see it all.

The plane had already started to attract lots of life, with anemones and starfish and light coral growth scattering over it's surface. Really my words don't do it service, but within a few years the dive should be even more spectacular. This was a particularly exciting dive for my friend as his dad had flown this plane previously and he is also a flyboy. Once we surfaced with around 500 we did an easy surface swim with the tide back onto shore. From there we got many questions from the populace and answered them with a smile. This area was a fantastic dive and well worth the trip.

I suggest anyone else that gets the chance take this dive as well.

This is a local convert we made, the Grandmother of this child had pointed us out as Undersea Hunters. We gladly showed the young lad all of our equipment and explained what we do underwater, he was fascinated and certainly seemed excited at the prospect of doing it in the future.

Also pay no attention to my massive farmers tan.

No line at the marine Musuem

Today I got a last minute chance to dive with two other club members this afternoon. We entered in behind the pump house. Our goal was to swim towards the barge then back to the logs with getting out at the boat launch. We made for the corner and quickly picked up the line but shortly after the line disappeared. The line to the barge has been cut it was in place on Monday when diving here. With some luck we managed to find the barge. We were able to get to the logs too all in a 38 minutes, I had quite a pace set for the group. The max we hit on the dive was 40 ft. The water temperature today was 72F(22.8C). Even though we had a little trouble finding the barge it was an enjoyable dive; we just need to remember that the barge will be a little more difficult to find till there is a line out to it from the corner.

A Dip at the Cora Post

Today 5 of us made for the Cora Post on Howe Island. The dive today reminded me that we should double check everything before heading out. Almost all of us had forgotten something but still able to dive. This gave me the chance to dive with two left handed gloves, which was a first. The water temperature was a outstanding with it only going down to 22c(71F). The visibility was not the best in the range of 15 ft and a lot less in some areas. Once in the water we swam SW and picked up the line to the disappearing wreck. The water was so warm that three of the divers had no hoods on today. The dive lasted about 31 mins going no deeper then 41 ft. It was a great way to spend a Sunday morning cooling off.