NorthernPike
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Spell check your posts. Its grammAr.
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Diver Rick
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Spell check your posts. Its grammAr.
Touché, and fixed!
Its just that it amazes me how some web sites are, its clear when English may not be a person's first language, and that’s fine, but when you want to have a public presence on the Internet (or anywhere else) people should get someone to proof their text.
Just a pet peeve.
ScubaSteve
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I was just called (not in so many words) insensitive for pointing out the errors of another
......I told them to report my post 
. Sometimes the posts are so bad you just have to comment. Most of the time I let it slide.NorthernPike
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A pet peeve of mine too. Bad spelling and grammar tell me more about the writer than any text.
ScubaSteve
Wow.....what a DB
Absolutely not. Some dives will still be cold for you in a 7mm wetsuit but I am still 2 weeks away from delivery of my first drysuit (thus all my cold water dives have been 7mm wet). Last year I dove Humber Bay in July and the water was 45° top to bottom......the week following my buddy did it and it was 61°. Georgian Bay in August is usually 60°. Temperature will vary but for the most part you will be very comfortable in a wetsuit in August.
Whether you need a drysuit or not depends on your cold tolerance. A number of guys I dive with will dive dry in August but mostly because they are diving below the thermocline (temps can drop to 45F), e.g. 110+ feet, or because they dive dry year round and see no reason to switch back to wet when the water is warmer.
I, personally, still dive wet. I'll dive from April to October. August is the warmest time to dive in Ontario. The worst time to dive wet is when the November winds come early. Then the surface interval can get a little rough but that is late October.
And, thanks for all the info everyone. I just found out from my sister that Aquarius dive shop is a 10 minute bike ride from her house, so it looks like I perhaps have my shop
Aquarius is a good shop. There isn't must else if you are inside Toronto. Toronto, the 416 area code, is surrounded by a few cities, the 905 area code. Together they are known as the Greater Toronto Area or GTA. Out in the 905 area there are more dive shops. If Aquarius doesn't work for you, post something here and I'm sure a few people will recommend some good shops. I still think the drive to AquaSub might be worth it for you. They just opened in a new, larger location. You should at least check them out.
elan
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I don't have a drysuit...and I've never actually used one. Is it necessary for diving around TO, in August?
And, thanks for all the info everyone. I just found out from my sister that Aquarius dive shop is a 10 minute bike ride from her house, so it looks like I perhaps have my shop
Yeah Aquarius is one of the biggest shops in Toronto area, I have 3 shops closer to me but I still go to AQ.
About the dry suit it all depends what kind of diving you do and how much of the diving you do. If you like staying in a water all year long and dive anywhere you want just do not waste your money on wet suits.
You can dive St. Lawrence and some ponds in wetsuit in summer and early fall. Niagara River is warm - around 70 in summer.
Georgian bay (that's Tobermory area) warms up to 50 or so on the top in August. Ontario is in 41-45 range at depth.
But if you dive a lot and addicted to diving just get a dry suit. I saw too many times people terminating dives in wet suits as they were cold during the first dive. It's a big difference. People will tell you about different cold tolerance but many wet suit divers I spoke to eventually plan to buy dry suits. Those who do never come back
Graeme Tolton
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Any of the dives there are to be done in ontario can be done with a wetsuit... But you probably won't be comfortable. Tobermory, only the shallow dives EVER get above 50F. If you plan on ever using more than the gas available from an al80, even the shallow dives most places will make you cold. I dive year round here in a drysuit and will NEVER switch back to wet. It is a bit of a learning curve at first, but that doesn't last long.
That being said, there are always lots of divers diving all over ontario all the time. Humber bay is okay.. it can be very silty and doesn't go past 40'. Big bay Point in barrie, goes deeper, but is also very silty. If you want to go further away, georgian bay or st. lawrence CAN offer caribbean visibility with some great shipwrecks. Drop me a PM when you want to start diving, I go at least once a week.
That being said, there are always lots of divers diving all over ontario all the time. Humber bay is okay.. it can be very silty and doesn't go past 40'. Big bay Point in barrie, goes deeper, but is also very silty. If you want to go further away, georgian bay or st. lawrence CAN offer caribbean visibility with some great shipwrecks. Drop me a PM when you want to start diving, I go at least once a week.
elan
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BTW we plan to go to BBP again this Saturday feel free to join us if you are available, have you got your tanks sorted out ?
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