It was 39 degrees at depth and the first thermocline was in the mid sixties... I dive Mitts would recommend going for the warmth like a winter dive. drygloves, thick undies.
Have fun!
Rih
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It was 39 degrees at depth and the first thermocline was in the mid sixties... I dive Mitts would recommend going for the warmth like a winter dive. drygloves, thick undies.
Have fun!
Rih
So I'm here in the Thumb of Michigan and nothing is happening. Not a single dive operator has returned any of my calls. The few dive operators that I did manage to contact are not running dives until Sunday. So I'm just gonna spend my week working on the farm. ):
tiggrr
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Sorry to hear that. If you want to get on that Friday trip to the Wexford. Contact Sea the World in Farmington Hills. 248-478-6400 They are great guys and it will be a fun trip. Wish I could be on it.
Good luck!!
kidsdream
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This is one of the dives I have been looking forward to this Summer. If the weather cooperates it should be great trip.
Jeff
Jeff
Sorry to hear that. If you want to get on that Friday trip to the Wexford. Contact Sea the World in Farmington Hills. 248-478-6400 They are great guys and it will be a fun trip. Wish I could be on it.
Good luck!!
diver_paula
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Update 8/2/08
Okay! Rec & Tech finally returned my phone calls (after calling him for about 9 days) and I got on the Wexford charter. To this day, none of the other dive charters have returned any of my calls.
The boat had a total of 10 divers. They were all very pleasant and fun-loving people. It was great to meet fellow Scubaboard members on the boat.
I teamed up with Beth L. for the dives.
My SS Wexford photos
Thanks again for the help! It was fun! Gotta go back there!
Okay! Rec & Tech finally returned my phone calls (after calling him for about 9 days) and I got on the Wexford charter. To this day, none of the other dive charters have returned any of my calls.
The boat had a total of 10 divers. They were all very pleasant and fun-loving people. It was great to meet fellow Scubaboard members on the boat.
I teamed up with Beth L. for the dives.
My SS Wexford photos
Thanks again for the help! It was fun! Gotta go back there!
diver_paula
Contributor
Hi Harry.
Glad to hear you got on Gary's charter. I went to the Zoo with my buddy Bob who was also on the charter and he extolled on how nice the charter was as well.
I'm surprised Gary took so long to get back with you. That's NOT typical. To help in the future make sure to sign up for his newletter on his website. Gary sends out emails letting everyone know what club / dive shop has his boat chartered. Their contact information is included as you need to book through those shops in most cases. The same information can be found on his calendar.
Paula
p.s. Nice photos
kidsdream
Contributor
See the post below
kidsdream
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I thought I would add to Harry's fine pros and images.
One of 8 Ships lost on Lake Huron to the November storm of 1913, the Wexford is the only ship sitting fully upright.
All aboard the Wexford were lost when the ship foundered. It was not until 2000 an Ontario fisherman discovered the wreck.
As it is nearly 40 miles from the Michigan shoreline (and only small towns dot the Canadian coast at this point), this wreck has seen relatively few visitors these last 8 years. But the weather gods were with us as we made the 2 hour trek to dive this wreck on Friday. We had perfect conditions both topside and below the surface to explore the Wexford. Built in 1883 in England this rugged old girl sits on the bottom at 80'.
The vis was 25-40'. but as usually, the particulate and algae related "scubbage" made for challenging UW photography. Coming down the line at 40' the wreck came into view.
The ship was constructed with a main/top deck, a "tween" deck and then the deep cargo holds.
Looking back from the Tween Deck
Zebra Mussels cover nearly every inch of this wreck. Here my buddy Bob, a huge man floats effortlessly along the outer ring of the middle deck.
Light permeates this wreck so that there is minimal need to run any line.
Toward the Stern she shows more damage, most likely she went down hard on the stern. This hatch still had a gage of some sort mounted.
In the stern things became a lot tighter (and darker) - a bit challenging to negotiate with my camera.
Coming back to the down-line at the bow, the two big anchors hang in the same place they did when this ship left port so long a go.
Bob, a gentle giant is a great buddy. This was really needed as on the second dive (we made two dives on the Wexford), my camera and wrist mounted canister light head became totally entangled with the granny line where it was tied into the mooring line. While I was waiting at the mooring line for Bob, another dive came by and crossed over the granny line; becoming totally entangled. I was unaware of this until I was being dragged down the mooring line - without a reg in my mouth. As it was so calm I was just floating on the surface at the time without my reg in place.
Bob extricated the other diver and myself, but what a clusterf#*k. Good guy that Bob.
Take care and be safe out there.
One of 8 Ships lost on Lake Huron to the November storm of 1913, the Wexford is the only ship sitting fully upright.
All aboard the Wexford were lost when the ship foundered. It was not until 2000 an Ontario fisherman discovered the wreck.
As it is nearly 40 miles from the Michigan shoreline (and only small towns dot the Canadian coast at this point), this wreck has seen relatively few visitors these last 8 years. But the weather gods were with us as we made the 2 hour trek to dive this wreck on Friday. We had perfect conditions both topside and below the surface to explore the Wexford. Built in 1883 in England this rugged old girl sits on the bottom at 80'.
The vis was 25-40'. but as usually, the particulate and algae related "scubbage" made for challenging UW photography. Coming down the line at 40' the wreck came into view.
The ship was constructed with a main/top deck, a "tween" deck and then the deep cargo holds.
Looking back from the Tween Deck
Zebra Mussels cover nearly every inch of this wreck. Here my buddy Bob, a huge man floats effortlessly along the outer ring of the middle deck.
Light permeates this wreck so that there is minimal need to run any line.
Toward the Stern she shows more damage, most likely she went down hard on the stern. This hatch still had a gage of some sort mounted.
In the stern things became a lot tighter (and darker) - a bit challenging to negotiate with my camera.
Coming back to the down-line at the bow, the two big anchors hang in the same place they did when this ship left port so long a go.
Bob, a gentle giant is a great buddy. This was really needed as on the second dive (we made two dives on the Wexford), my camera and wrist mounted canister light head became totally entangled with the granny line where it was tied into the mooring line. While I was waiting at the mooring line for Bob, another dive came by and crossed over the granny line; becoming totally entangled. I was unaware of this until I was being dragged down the mooring line - without a reg in my mouth. As it was so calm I was just floating on the surface at the time without my reg in place.
Bob extricated the other diver and myself, but what a clusterf#*k. Good guy that Bob.
Take care and be safe out there.
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