Innerkip in winter?

[Marvintpa]

Anyone done any ice diving in Innerkip lately?
Is the viz any better in winter than summer?

 

[Boogie711]

Hmmm... interesting thought. I don't even know if it's open in the winter.

 

[Marvintpa]

It's open, at least it used to be - haven't been in years. People have been ice diving there for ages. Just know the viz has been deteriorating, and don't know if it's worthwhile anymore.

 

[Boogie711]

Yeah - I went there this summer and vis was about 3 feet. If it's actually settled down with the ice cover, I'd be curious to see what's actually down there. Hmmmm.

 

[Warren_L]

I was there too sometime early Sept and the viz was pretty bad at that time too. Bit of a waste unless the viz has cleared up a little.

 

[Tom R]

If you can't get in there, you can try the quarry in Kingston, it's even got a boat on the bottom.

Tom

 

[d33ps1x]

Speaking with Ken at Kirkfield this October he let it be known that they will open in winter with advance notice so that it can be ploughed from the gate down to the quary parking.

 

[Eric__U]

from what i've seen on innerkip id stay away. I have however heard that vis in winter is better, some people i know took an ice diving course there last winter.

 

[Warren_L]

I don't think I'd go back again. Maybe for ice diving if the viz cleared up. I just remember diving in pea soup and having my gear stink, even after washing it out. Took a few dives in Kingston to get rid of the smell.

 

[Axeman]

There is a phone number somewhere on the web for innerkip. You can call them and ask them how the vis is. They get reports from divers all the time and are quite accurate.

I was there in the summer/fall and did the mine shaft. vis was about 6 or 7 feet. But not in the shaft. Vis was 0-.5 as there was another group in there before us. Deffinatly a brail dive.