Is anyone ICE DIVING this winter?

[CAPTAIN SINBAD]

Is anyone Ice diving this winter in USA or Canada? I would love to join a group if anyone is doing it in the upper East Coast or Upper Mid-west areas.

Cheers -

CS

 

[DogDiver]

The words chain saw and scuba diving should never be used in the same sentence. [emoji3]


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[lowviz]

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Call them for interest. You would have to organize the event, shouldn't be any problem to fill the slots. I'm in.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Hmm. I'd like to but it depends on the ice and whether or not there is enough interest in heading somewhere that puts on a good dive with the proper support. CT is a bit far for me.

 

[spectrum]

Jim,

Do you get to do it in PA? Here in southern Maine adequate ice has been hit or miss lately.

Pete

 

[Omisson]

Yes! We dive lake George in upstate NY twice each winter- once with the Brooklyn Kings County Divers crew and one with the Bronx folks from Captain Mike's City Island shop.... It's a great trip. Usually 18 inches of black ice and great vis.

 

[lowviz]

Would you mind roughing out the procedure for those interested? I will only do tethered (with a good tender) and a suited up rescue diver on hand.

 

[abnfrog]

i probably will do another ice course /dive this year ......... any previous students dive for free .....

 

[Lake Hickory Scuba]

Each year we schedule a trip up to upstate New York, weather permitting of course, to do some ice diving. Last year we had several good days of snow and ice, and ended up having 2 feet of snow and 34 inches of ice. We made several dives in Chazy Lake and had a blast. This coming March (first weekend 6th-8th) we will be headed back up but will be diving Lake Champlain (weather permitting). Here is a short clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj1e-YFnzH8&list=UUPUlhHxmZ6YeNYdcS5JUDsQ and some pictures of last February's trip.

 

[Omisson]

Would you mind roughing out the procedure for those interested? I will only do tethered (with a good tender) and a suited up rescue diver on hand.

All ice diving standards require tethered diving - there is no non-tethered option. The rescue diver is separately tethered.

There is a te
How the tethers are used varies- they can be split lines or single line - up to three divers per line.

The triangle ice cut is standard, 15-20 min dive times are pretty standard. There is a lot of debate about the type of rope to use so that will yield some controversy.

Always recommend using LOW pressure tanks in ice diving - remember Gay-Lussacs second law.