New Years Day Dive at the Welland Scuba Park

[serge]

Hey All,

Had a good day today at the Welland Scuba Park to bring in the New Year.

Had a lot of people out. Dan's Dive Shop, Adventure Scuba and NDA all seemed to have a planned event at the park. It was a huge turn out and a great day.

Dan's Dive Shop brought a BBQ and Hot Dogs which many enjoyed.

Unfortunatly the Park had frozen over so it was no longer an open water dive. Many people just hung out and chatted.

A few people (Overhead Certified) still went in for a dive. Visibility was a little low by the docks but once you get down to about 25' the vis increased to about 15'. Water temp is about 34F

All in all a great day and good to see so many people out.

I saw a lot of camera's there so I'm hoping those people will come on and link photos to this thread.

I hope to see everyone out this coming Sunday :)

Serge.

[JohnG]

it was a great day! always a good start to the year with a great dive!

[Joe]

Great day. Glad the viz is getting better.

I still can't get over how far the platform jug was dragged by the ice. Had to be over 300 ft. Guess that gives us something to do Sunday. :rolleyes:

[Jay Roy]

Sorry I missed it...
It's been a long night...no baby yet tho..
What time you guys going at on Sunday? Usual 9am?

[Joe]

Serge might not be able to make it for 9:00 am so we may change it to a later time. If Serge can't make it at all we will go for 9:00.

[Joe]

Here is a couple of pictures from newyears day.

Nice day.
http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2836&g2_serialNumber=2

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2839&g2_serialNumber=2

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2842&g2_serialNumber=2

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2845&g2_serialNumber=2

Divers start to show up.

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2854&g2_serialNumber=2

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2857&g2_serialNumber=2

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2860&g2_serialNumber=2

And here's Jean (Bruso) tackling dogs #3 and 4.....

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2832&g2_serialNumber=2

[Chantelle]

Looks like a great day! Was it as cold as it was up here??? Steve, Kevin, and I were the only three that jumped in on this side of the fence! :o

[Jean f]

it was a fun day for sure to bad i had some gear issues but did not put much of a damper on things still had a great time

[serge]

Looks like a great day! Was it as cold as it was up here??? Steve, Kevin, and I were the only three that jumped in on this side of the fence! :o

It was about -13 in the morning. Water was 34F. Out of all the people that showed up I think there was only 10 of us that went in.

It was iced over though so in general only overhead certified thought about diving.

There was no wind at all so even though it was cold it wasn't that bad with zero wind chill.

[Chantelle]

It was about -13 in the morning. Water was 34F. Out of all the people that showed up I think there was only 10 of us that went in.

It was iced over though so in general only overhead certified thought about diving.

There was no wind at all so even though it was cold it wasn't that bad with zero wind chill.

We had some nasty wind chill ... -27. The quarry was warmer though, at 40. It just really sucked getting out...lol... My drysuit zipper even froze up. :o

[Joe]

We had some nasty wind chill ... -27. The quarry was warmer though, at 40. It just really sucked getting out...lol... My drysuit zipper even froze up. :o


It was a perfect day for dving there was no wind at all. Usually at the boat ramps there is a brisk wind. Earlier in the week the canal had white caps on it...:eek:

[Rob Smith]

It was about -13 in the morning. Water was 34F. Out of all the people that showed up I think there was only 10 of us that went in.

It was iced over though so in general only overhead certified thought about diving.

There was no wind at all so even though it was cold it wasn't that bad with zero wind chill.

So it appears everything is pretty much iced over, dang running out of places to dive...this really sucks...

[serge]

Rob it just means you have to get overhead trained :D

With the line work we've done at the scuba park and with overhead training it's a great place to dive all winter long!

Serge.

[serge]

Ya the wind chill is what gets you for sure. Sounds like you were the smart ones in your group. No wind under water :p

We had some nasty wind chill ... -27. The quarry was warmer though, at 40. It just really sucked getting out...lol... My drysuit zipper even froze up. :o

[Rob Smith]

Rob it just means you have to get overhead trained :D

With the line work we've done at the scuba park and with overhead training it's a great place to dive all winter long!

Serge.

I plan to, I am taking the Ice Diver course this Jan/Feb. I can't wait I hate seeing my gear sitting here all dry.

[Chantelle]

No wind under water :p

Lol.. I might have to use that!

[Joe]

I forgot that Snap magazine was there for Newyears day.

Here is Bruso, John and Serge.

http://diving.skycomp.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3059&g2_serialNumber=1

Here is the link to the magazine.

http://www.snapstcatharines.com/display/74426/557/