Illinois diving

[Scotttyd]

Ok, so there is a chance I may have to leave the wreck diving of North Carolina, and move back to Illinois (springfield or st louis area - yes I know st louis is in missouri!)

What diving is there? Any diving in Lake Michigan? (quality?) any local mudhole quarries to get me by between trips to the coast and the tropics?)

 

[nagel]

Haigh Quarry to the North and Mermet Springs to the South. Both excellent diving for the Midwest.

Check out my web page at www.midwestmuckdiving.com for more information and more midwest diving.

Snagel

 

[MgicTwnger]

Lake Michigan, as we as the rest of the Great Lakes, has some of the best wreck diving in the world. Also, a new site is opening in central IL:
Bredina Springs | Bredina Springs is a beautiful 12 acre dive quarry in Hillview, Illinois. Central Illinois answer to diving!

 

[Blu Diver]

Mgictwngr hit it right on the head. Lake Michigan being only a 4.5 hours from STL offers excellent wreck diving for all skill levels. Mermet Springs is a quarry in southern Illinois that is favored by most. Haigh quarry in northen Illinois, Bredina Springs will be opening this spring, that's about 1.5 hours north of STL. There are plenty of diving locations around Missouri and Illinois to tide you over until your next trip. There's enough hearty and competent divers around here dive with as well. Welcome to the area!

 

[Scotttyd]

Mgictwngr hit it right on the head. Lake Michigan being only a 4.5 hours from STL offers excellent wreck diving for all skill levels. Mermet Springs is a quarry in southern Illinois that is favored by most. Haigh quarry in northen Illinois, Bredina Springs will be opening this spring, that's about 1.5 hours north of STL. There are plenty of diving locations around Missouri and Illinois to tide you over until your next trip. There's enough hearty and competent divers around here dive with as well. Welcome to the area!

job app 1 of 3 just turned us down - although it was the least likely to come through, oh well, still are 2 more candidates to bring us back to the midwest.

although I will definately get the use out of my drysuit that has been missing here in NC.

 

[Blu Diver]

Scotttyd, Have you dove U-352? I have been wanting to dive that for awhile now.

 

[Jaeger45]

Thanks for the info on Bredina Springs. Not a lot closer, but another dive site to check out.

Hey, I just checked the temp/visibility on their website, and its 80 degrees at the surface! Bayahibe, DR was only 78! I'm so there!

 

[MgicTwnger]

Thanks for the info on Bredina Springs. Not a lot closer, but another dive site to check out.

Hey, I just checked the temp/visibility on their website, and its 80 degrees at the surface! Bayahibe, DR was only 78! I'm so there!

Obviously not the current conditions. I dove there once last summer when my LDS made special arrangements with the owners (nice folks!) for a bunch of us to come down and check it out.
It has great potential, but there was a lot of work still to be done, and as far as I know, they have not yet opened on a regular basis.

 

[Jaeger45]

Obviously not the current conditions. I dove there once last summer when my LDS made special arrangements with the owners (nice folks!) for a bunch of us to come down and check it out.
It has great potential, but there was a lot of work still to be done, and as far as I know, they have not yet opened on a regular basis.

Yeah, I figured that out. Still, another relatively local dive site is a very welcome thing, as is the prospect of sturgeon.

 

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Missouri Dive Locations

Map Location Dive Site City Or Town
1
Dewey Short Branson
2
Oronogo Blue Water Lake Oronogo / Joplin
3 Pamme De Terre Hermitage
4
Quail Run Divers Quarry Rolla
5 Eugene Jefferson City
6
Bonne Terre Mine Bonne Terre
7
Stockton Lake Stockton

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