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[coppermaus]

I'm almost always up for diving depending on the site. Have no desire to dive Carter Lake again.

Well, now that you mention it, have you ever been to the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, NM? We've got a group meeting down there at the end of April. Looks like several people from this SD.com are going, plus a whole group of students from Boulder. See this thread: Dive the Turn Blue Hole for more info. It's a 7-hr drive from Boulder, but plenty of people are driving from here. If you want to post anything about that trip, be sure to post it on that thread rather than here.

I've never gone diving in Carter Lake or anywhere else besides a swimming pool in our great landlocked state. Carter Lake was too cold and murky, I s'pose?

[chinacat46]

Carter Lake is definitely not a place to dive. I did my drysuit training there which was okay since the water is cold but it wasn't okay cause there was no visibility. I couldn't see a foot. I had a flashlight and needed it to read the computer on my wrist which I held right in front of my face. I stayed warm and dry but it wasn't my idea of diving. I did see a grayfish on the bottom right next to me. If it wasn't right next to me I never would have seen it. Worse two dives of my life but I got my drysuit cert.

[nextariel]

And welcome to you, too!

Did you see any hammerheads in the Sea of Cortez? I did, lots of them. Playing with the sea lions was lots of fun.

[chinacat46]

No I didn't see one Hammerhead. Saw a few white tip reef sharks and two manta rays but no hammerheads. I've only seen one and it was big. It was during a night dive in Australia and I was glad to be with 3 other divers at the time. I'm gonna go to Cocos Island one of these days. I've heard that is the spot for hammerheads.

[funsurge]

Welcome Chuck!

It sounds like your log book entries and passport stamps are something to aspire to!

Have you done some other fresh water diving besides Crater Lake?

You'll have to come out to Idaho and check out ice diving in Feb & March next year

Happy Diving!
Lisa

[chinacat46]

It sounds like your log book entries and passport stamps are something to aspire to!

Have you done some other fresh water diving besides Crater Lake?

You'll have to come out to Idaho and check out ice diving in Feb & March next year

Actually my passport does look pretty cool. I've been to a few other places like Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan but I went to those places before I was a diver. Some of them will have to be revisited. I love traveling and love diving even more so the two are now where all my vacation time is spent.

I haven't done any fresh water diving other then Carter Lake. I know there has to be some good places but that ain't one of them. Sounds like I'd need a dry suit in Idaho. I'd probably rather be on the slopes though if I was there in Feb or March. Ice diving does sound interesting although I'd probably need a different reg besides the drysuit.

- Chuck

[DandyDon]

Howdy There!

Welcome to the party. Don't know what we'll be when we grow up, but it'll be fun!

don

Some people here call me "PATTON"