DAM Chummers Keep On Diving - 2018

JSWeather4d

JSWeather4d

Nurse Shark
First Name
Jeff
June done at Blue Lagoon (Lagoon 1) where there was not thermocline and bathwater temperatures. Visibility was poor though.
 
PegLeg

PegLeg

Tiger Shark
First Name
Peter
Won't make it this year. Between cracking my sku'll and dental surgery, doctors say no diving till we say so.
 
Siren

Siren

Tiger Shark
First Name
Amanda
Even though, technically, 24% did scuba dive to find my keys earlier this month off the boat dock, I made him do a proper dive with me today in Lake Charlevoix. We dove off of Depot Beach, a familiar site that we dove last year. Swam around the train cribbing a bunch of times, and played with the fishies. We dove wet today, instead of dry suits, which was a gamble, but it was the best decision. Water didn't get deep enough for the thermocline to kick in, so it was a comfortable 69 degrees. Dove for 47 minutes, 23'. Visibility was around 15', at worst. The winds changed direction bringing in lots of waves and stirring up the bottom, causing there to be more particulate than usual. When we were finished with the dive, our gearing up pavilion had been transformed into a wedding reception venue. Oops. We were slightly under dressed. :eek:
 
JSWeather4d

JSWeather4d

Nurse Shark
First Name
Jeff
July dives done at Windy Point.Temps are 110' are still around 58 degrees. Two other dives in shallower water (above the first thermocline at 37') were 83 degrees. The visibility was fantastic. Perhaps the best I've experienced at Travis. At lease 20' in most places. I didn't have to use a light this weekend even with dives to 91 and 110'.
 
watermonkee

watermonkee

Tiger Shark
DAM CHUMmer
First Name
Marci
ReefHound and watermonkee did a few dives in Pensacola July 6-8.

As we usually do, we drove all night. We got to Fort Pickens at high tide early Friday morning and did two great dives. Viz was about 15', and there were huge schools of fish everywhere. THE highlight: as we were heading to our safety stop on our 1st dive, light was totally obliterated from above very suddenly. In the space of seconds, we first thought there was a huge boat above us, looked up, and saw an enormous school of shiny bait fish swimming fast with all the fantastic murmurration we love to see. They were swimming so furiously, they hit me in the face and neck! Of course, we were too stunned to get our cameras up to get it on video. :(

We also dived at Navarre Beach, where there are lots of "Christmas tree" artificial reef structures that always host plenty of sea life. Twice, we saw a big turtle with about 8 remora-type fish hitching a ride. We had good surf conditions and good visibility there.

I'm sore from all the gear hauling across beach sand, but I'm convinced it cancels out the calories of all the delicious seafood we ate!
 
LegoBloxs

LegoBloxs

Tiger Shark
DAM CHUMmer
First Name
Simon
Sorry we missed CHUM on Saturday, Birddog and I were up on Sunday. Did an hour long dive in 2, viz wasn't great but workable.
 
Siren

Siren

Tiger Shark
First Name
Amanda
July DAM CHUM dive is logged. 24% and I dove off of Whiting Park in Lake Charlevoix, here in northern Michigan. It is a popular dive destination of the local scuba shop. Super easy entry, great parking and a picnic table to gear up on. Visibility above the thermocline was pretty good, probably 15'-20'. Themocline was at 35'. It went from a pretty comfortable 71 degrees to a blisteringly cold low 40's, in a matter of feet. Brrr! My max depth was 38'. 24% dove deeper to find a few more things of interest (an exercise bike at 48', and a supposed cabin cruiser at 60', but he gave up at 50' because it was tooooo darn cold in a wetsuit). Honestly, not much to see here. We saw a log, one beer can, a concrete mooring anchor, and I think a day sailor. A few fish. We were puzzled with the big interest in this dive site. We much prefer Depot Beach to Whiting Park. At least the diving is free and the water is clear. 50 minutes underwater.
 
Siren

Siren

Tiger Shark
First Name
Amanda
Heidi Ho said:
Thanks for your continuing trip reports, Siren...love reading them.
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I often think about starting our own thread, like "Where in the World are Siren & 24%?" or something like that, and track keep a log of our weird diving locations. It's kinda fun to have to seek out odd new places to dive based off wherever we are that month. If any CHUMmers find their way to random states that don't appear like dive destinations, and HAVE to dive, chances are we've done it or heard about it. haha....
 
ReefHound

ReefHound

The Last Poobah
DAM CHUMmer
First Name
Todd
Siren said:
I often think about starting our own thread, like "Where in the World are Siren & 24%?" or something like that, and track keep a log of our weird diving locations. It's kinda fun to have to seek out odd new places to dive based off wherever we are that month. If any CHUMmers find their way to random states that don't appear like dive destinations, and HAVE to dive, chances are we've done it or heard about it. haha....
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Reminds me a bit of Jennifer Idol and her quest to dive all 50 states. Maybe you should be keeping detailed notes for your eventual book "Motorhome Diving the USA"
 
Seaagg05

Seaagg05

Tiger Shark
First Name
Richard
July is done. One dive in 288. Dove with Jen, viz wasn’t too bad, 5’+ in places. We saw a boat and an airplane and fish. So pretty good dive but the place was packed.
 
Sushi Boy

Sushi Boy

Shananigator
DAM CHUMmer
First Name
Roger
A friend just got certified so I dove with him and his g/f at 288 Lake Sat morning to get my Aug dive in.

Water was 88 deg down to 25 ffw, viz varied between 8’ and 2’.
 
wanderwoman

wanderwoman

Tiger Shark
First Name
Jennifer
Had a blast with a bunch of CHUMmers on Satty at Blue Lagoon for my August dive. Viz was terrible following all that rain, but it was cozy water at 87 degrees.
 
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