Diving in the Chicago area (help the foreigner!)

[Izze]

Hi, guys. Looking for some general advice about diving in your part of the world during the spring of 2008.

I'll be attending the ACC -08, a congress thingy, in Chicago from March 28th to April 2nd (give or take a day or two). I'm assuming it'll be moderately to miserably boring but a dive or two might spice things up enough to stay awake. Any ideas on shops, private trips or anything else relevant?

I've got plenty of dry suit experience and have done a fair share of fresh water diving. I am fluent in Imperial and decent enough at english. I typically don't bite unless provoked or very hungry.


/Johan

 

[do it easy]

The local quarry should be open by then and the ice should be melted - Haigh Quarry

I'm not sure if the charter boats will be running their regular schedule by then.
These boats are further north in Kenosha or Milwaukee:
Len-Der: Milwaukee scuba diving charters to local shipwrecks, survey and salvage services, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes

Nordic Diver Home Page, Recreational and Technical Scuba Shipwreck Diving on the Great Lakes. Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, Superor, Huron, Trimix, Nitrox, Car Ferry Milwaukee, Charters, live aboard, Shipwreck

Captain Dales Inc.

 

[Diver_Dale]

Hi Izze I would be glad to go diving with you when your in town I spend a lot of time at Haigh it's a very nice place there a few of us here that get togerther and dive there just let me know.

Dale

 

[Izze]

I'll get back to you then, once the schedule and accommodation has been settled. If nothing else traveling that far for a quarry dive would be hilarious.