dive buddy

[kentucket]

I am a AOW Padi diver living in Ashland Ky. Looking for buddy or group
for local weekend dives have been to Blue springs quarry In.,
and Gilboa quarry ohio. Have equipment except tanks and weights

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

www.bluegrassdiveclub.com They have monthly meetings and dinners. Great group with a few exceptions.

 

[jbd]

to scubaboard. I believe there are several folks from Ky and southern Ohio heading up to Gilboa at the end of this month.

Also Falling Rock wouldn't be any further away for you than Gilboa and Blue Springs. I may be at Falling Rock on the 23rd in the morning. Wouldn't mind diving with you then if we can work it out.

 

[arjayf]

I just found out about this board and would be very interested in dive buddies and the local dive sites. I moved to Lexington a few years ago and haven't done any local diving at all. Most of my 100+ dives have been in nice warm places with lots of vis.

Just decided to join the Bluegrass Dive Club. Thanks for the suggestion.

Is there any better way to meet other interested people who have the knowledge and energy to organize trips?

 

[msedivingdoc]

Just wanted to know if you were the guy we met at the BG dive club meeting in July and the dove the quarry that weekend? ... Lost your number and need to see when you wanted to dive again.

 

[arjayf]

msedivingdoc,

It wasn't me. I haven't done any local diving at all and just joined the BG dive club. Kit was very helpful and hope to attend my first meeting next month.

I am interested in diving but need to figure out what kind of equipment is needed here. I am from Denver and always traveled to somewhere warm to dive. It also kept me from having to use high altitude dive tables!

I suspect that at least I will need to get a new wetsuit. Suggestions are more than welcome.

Hope to meet you and the other members soon,

Rick

 

[cstreu1026]

A 7mm wetusit is essential, well that or a drysuit if you plan to dive most of the local stuff. However, Cerulean Springs in western Kentucky does get very warm in the summer. In fact I beleive it gets in the upper 80's maybe even 90 degrees. I have only been there once and that was the end of may. It was a balmy 72 degrees with no thermocline in sight...much better than the 55 degrees I had at Falling Rock just a couple of weeks prior to that.

The diving isn't spectaular around here but hey its diving. It ranks right up there with the skiing I do in Indiana. It ain't great but its all I got!

 

[arjayf]

I am a pretty warm blooded kind of guy. I dove off Catalina Island in a 3 mm suit and had to flood it to keep from overheating. Normally, I dive in a light lycra skin or just a t-shirt.

It makes neutral boyancy a whole lot easier if you don't have to pack a bunch of lead to get down. How much weight do you add to compensate for such a thick suit?

Dry suit may in the future. Was reading about heating systems.

I am ready to try the local diving, but may have to hold the line on local snow skiing. Having grown up in Colorado and only skiied there, Utah and Wyoming, not sure I could deal with the ice!

 

[surfaceinterval]

arjayf,

If you are interested in some local diving just look to the south of you. Lake Cumberland has some great dive spots on it. We dove yesterday at Dives Den Treasure Hunt down at the Wolf Creek Dam and had around 20 feet visibility. But then 42 divers got in the water and we had only 2 feet visibility. EVERY weekend divers dive either Lake Cumberland or Laurel Lake. We'll be glad to have you come along anytime you're ready.

Plenty of excellent spots from shore or from boat. When the lakes are in your backyard you tend to know where the great spots are. We'll be happy to hook you up!

 

[msedivingdoc]

I have seen several people locally wearing anything from a shorty to dry suits with argon! Here is my advise, rent a 5 mil suit and try the water in a couple of places. I've been down to 42degrees with a 5 mil and a shorty with a hood and 5 gloves and stayed comfortable... like you i'm hard to get cold. Now if you plan to dive in the winter, haven't been yet, i've heard you need a dry suit, because the top weather will get you more than the bottom temps. Also consider your depths and the termoclines at the quarries you'll frequent. I usually don't go below 60 ft and the coldest i've had is the trip with 42 degrees...
if i go deeper i'm sure a 7 mil or drysuit will be needed.