Bonne Terre

[Tabasco1955]

Mike, $65 per tank, 2 tank min. We plan on 2 tanks Sat & 1 Sun am.

Super 8 is $48 diver rate for a double ($70 reg on-line) almost half of what they want for a room with the mine pkg.

Dust off your gear & meet us down there.

Terry

Thanks for the info Skull/Terry!

Terry,

Thanks for the invite, I would love to go along, and would but I'm going to Cozumel January 22nd so I guess I better stay home until then and save my pennies. You guys were talking about diving dry suits, since I don't own one yet what is the recommended exposure suit short of a dry suit?

Mike

 

[crpntr133]

At the mine they require nothing less than a 7 mm from head to toe. Thanks for the info on renting the lead. I will keep that in mind when I go in January.

 

[Tabasco1955]

At the mine they require nothing less than a 7 mm from head to toe. Thanks for the info on renting the lead. I will keep that in mind when I go in January.

Guess I better cancel my next trip abroad and invest in a dry suit, thanks for the feedback!

Mike

 

[diver_paula]

Guess I better cancel my next trip abroad and invest in a dry suit, thanks for the feedback!

Mike

A wetsuit is fine for Bonne Terre. The water temperature is constant year round. Can't remember the temp. - it should be on their website if someone here doesn't provide it - but I remember being very comfortable in my 1/4". & the dive guides were all in wetsuits as well.

Paula

 

[HammerNoMore]

56 deg.

 

[crpntr133]

A wetsuit is fine for Bonne Terre. The water temperature is constant year round. Can't remember the temp. - it should be on their website if someone here doesn't provide it - but I remember being very comfortable in my 1/4". & the dive guides were all in wetsuits as well.

Paula

Looks like James took care of the temp question.
Paula, remember that there are those that wouldn't dive anything less than a 5mm in the tropics. Personally if the water is about 70, trunks it is. Maybe a skin for protection.
Just paid my $200 for my January mine trip today and looking forwrd to it.

 

[diver_paula]

Looks like James took care of the temp question.
Paula, remember that there are those that wouldn't dive anything less than a 5mm in the tropics. Personally if the water is about 70, trunks it is. Maybe a skin for protection.
Just paid my $200 for my January mine trip today and looking forwrd to it.

Very true on people having an personal ability to handle different water temps. I just didn't want him thinking dry suit was the only way to go.

Have a wonderful trip in January.
Paula

 

[StSomewhere]

Anybody want to join us? I think there will only be 4 in our group.

I wish I could've made it, but can't be away from work that long right now. I esp. would've liked to combine boomboom's drysuit training with that trip. sign... Ah, well, there is always next time.

 

[SDAnderson]

http://dive.scubadiving.com/members/tripreports.php?s=1236

Bonne Terre trip report from a couple of years ago - I don't think much has changed.