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2nd Sunday w/ CHUM
Join us for 2nd Sunday with CHUM on May 10th at 10:00am CT on Bowling Beach at Blue Lagoon! More details at this link. -
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Five DAM Years - DAM CHUMMERS 2017
- Thread starter Heidi Ho
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- Marci
I'd really love to hear about this dive. Never been there. It looks so beautiful for both divers and non-divers.
JSWeather4d
Nurse Shark
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- Jeff
October is done with 2 dives Saturday at 288 Lake. Water temps are still in the low 80's and visibility varies depending on depth as usual.
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- Marci
Cajun Diver
Tiger Shark
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- Butch
October dive done at Blue Lagoon.
wanderwoman
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- Jennifer
October in the books, Blue Lagoon.
DivingDoug
Grand Poobah
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- Doug
Blue Lagoon in October --- Water still too hot 
Siren
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- Amanda
October is IN THE BAG for 24% and me!! Today, we dove dry at Mermet Springs in southern Illinois.
This was probably one of my MOST favorite fresh water dives to date. Perfectly clear visibility, like so good that even Douglas said he hasn't seen that kind of visibility with zero particulate in a 120' lake/quarry in a LOONNNG time. We swam through a Boeing 727, rode a motorcycle, threw around some bowling balls, saw an ambulance, school bus, a cabin cruiser, a semi-truck, a Cessna, a helicopter, a snowmobile, plus a dozen spoonbill fish circling us in a feeding frenzy, and two 60lbs.+ catfish. AND they piped in music underwater, so it's like we dove with our car radio on!!! BONUS that we were the only divers there! AMAZING 74 minutes underwater. 64 degrees with a thermocline at about 52' - down to 49°.
Mermet Springs really is so cool! Such a phenomenal set up for divers. 1st class in every regards. They have individual pavilions with picnic tables, white boards for dive plans, gear tables with tank bungees to secure gear, racks to hang your drysuits afterwards....at each site! Plus heated changing rooms, hot showers, and camping on site for RV's and campers. Full dive shop and classes and gear rental. Docks with large metal entry stairs lined with rubber tires for grip. Lines to all the underwater sites, with plaques on each line labeling where it heads to and the depth the next site is in. Super easy diving made way fun. Not much they can improve upon. They did it up right.
And did I mention the awesome jams they played underwater?! It's like you are diving with Bose headphones on. Two thumbs way up!
This was probably one of my MOST favorite fresh water dives to date. Perfectly clear visibility, like so good that even Douglas said he hasn't seen that kind of visibility with zero particulate in a 120' lake/quarry in a LOONNNG time. We swam through a Boeing 727, rode a motorcycle, threw around some bowling balls, saw an ambulance, school bus, a cabin cruiser, a semi-truck, a Cessna, a helicopter, a snowmobile, plus a dozen spoonbill fish circling us in a feeding frenzy, and two 60lbs.+ catfish. AND they piped in music underwater, so it's like we dove with our car radio on!!! BONUS that we were the only divers there! AMAZING 74 minutes underwater. 64 degrees with a thermocline at about 52' - down to 49°.
Mermet Springs really is so cool! Such a phenomenal set up for divers. 1st class in every regards. They have individual pavilions with picnic tables, white boards for dive plans, gear tables with tank bungees to secure gear, racks to hang your drysuits afterwards....at each site! Plus heated changing rooms, hot showers, and camping on site for RV's and campers. Full dive shop and classes and gear rental. Docks with large metal entry stairs lined with rubber tires for grip. Lines to all the underwater sites, with plaques on each line labeling where it heads to and the depth the next site is in. Super easy diving made way fun. Not much they can improve upon. They did it up right.
And did I mention the awesome jams they played underwater?! It's like you are diving with Bose headphones on. Two thumbs way up!
wanderwoman
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- Jennifer
November dive in the bag for me. 1 chilly dive at Blue Lagoon on Satty with Heidi Ho.
JSWeather4d
Nurse Shark
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- Jeff
Two November dives yesterday at 288 Lake. Water is still in the low 70's. As far as visibility: What visibility?
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- Marci