St Lawrence

[blee]

Since there are rumours that a few hardy souls have already been submerging themselves over the last few weekends, does anyone have any observations about conditions (temp at depth, current, vis, algae density, thermocline, state of wrecks etc.) at our favorite dive sites (i.e. Connie, Rothesay, Lock 21, Brockville, etc.)?

Today's buoy water temps:
Alexandria Bay: 59.2 F
Superior Shoals: 58.3 F
Prince Edward Pt (Lake O) : 45.0 F :frown:

[JimC]

Cant speak much to the St Lawrence, since I haven't been in in in over a year.

BUT, the Ottawa river is a balmy 66f, tanic as usual and crowd free.

[MikeP]

The river is a wonderful 55F as of last night
Everything else(vis, current, etc )are per usual June conditions

Mike

[Stephen]

river at the gaskin...65...vis..well from shore sucked..pass the pier got better once we found the line out and hit the wreck...however the traffic on the Gaskin was busy...let alone them clouds of silt

[scubagirl]

I got 63F at the America on Saturday; the water cooled down from the previous weekend's whopping 64F! Hopefully it will warm up again soon.

[Dale]

*sigh*

one day I'll understand fahrenheit

[Tom Falardeau]

*sigh*

one day I'll understand fahrenheit

It's simple and logical: water freezes at 32F, boils at 212F and paper burns at Fahrenheit 451 :D

[scubagirl]

Google is your friend; here's a link to a fahrenheit to celsius converter: http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm

[Dale]

when I was hiking last summer, I started to learn what "cool", "warm", "hot", and "too hot to hike" meant...

...but the numbers are all different here, and the sport is different, so it'll take some time to learn this 'new system'

...and though a blackberry would help me understand what's the temperature is in Celcius at a dive site, it's not exactly something I will go out of my way to purchase. Part of the problem anyway is that I don't know what 17 or 27 degrees celcius feels like under water with a wetsuit on.

[blee]

Well, if you're looking for a subjective scale, you've come to the right place! :D

<40 F - Dry suit highly recommended
50 F - Ice cream ache for any skin exposed to water, possibly including whatever is pumped in and out of a wet suit
60 F - Coolish. 7 mm+ still recommended for extended dives.
70 F - Time to start thinking about reducing amount of neoprene
80 F - 3 mm or shorty
90 F - Diving without insulation?
100 F - Never dove in a hot tub, before

Anyone care to voice any other opinions?

[scubagirl]

< 40 not worth donning all the gear
50F possible to avoid ice cream headaches
60F take off the hood and be free!
70F 7mm wetsuit weather in caves
80F 7mm wetsuit weather in the Caribbean
85+ never seen it

[Dale]

Well, if you're looking for a subjective scale, you've come to the right place! :D

<40 F - Dry suit highly recommended
50 F - Ice cream ache for any skin exposed to water, possibly including whatever is pumped in and out of a wet suit
60 F - Coolish. 7 mm+ still recommended for extended dives.
70 F - Time to start thinking about reducing amount of neoprene
80 F - 3 mm or shorty
90 F - Diving without insulation?
100 F - Never dove in a hot tub, before

Anyone care to voice any other opinions?


lol

thanks

[rwhitbread]

40 F - Good temp for beer, but not for diving...too much shrinkage

50 F - Dip you toe in the water, shiver, and go back to drinking beer

60 F - 14 mm of neoprene, including hood and gloves. Skip the beer afterward and have a coffee to thaw out

70 F - 5 mm neoprene, sweat your backside off during pre-dive gear up, ice cold beer post dive required.;-)

80 F - 3mm short or long, cool dip (sans wetsuit) required after dive to cool down, then more old beer:roll:

90 F - NEKKID DIVING!!!!!! The ONLY way to go. (Bring plenty of beer)

100 F - NEKKID HOT TUB SNORKELING.....almost a national pastime (or it aught to be):biggrin: required equipment....hot tub, fellow diver of the opposite sex, keg of ice cold beer)

[owlbill]

Might have to start a new "Water Temperature Association" thread soon.