Lake Rawlings Sun Mar 24?

[UserName1]

How is Lake Rawlings, and Lake Millbrook in Haymarket? I need to practice my nav skills, and get used to not having unlimited air supply again. I just moved to NoVA so not sure where anybody dives around here other than NC.

 

[mheaster]

I have dived Lake Rawlings quite a bit (in sumer/fall). It is GREAT on Wednesdays (1/2 price entry fee - $10).

Good visibility, water temps in 70's - sometimes even up in higher 70's as summer wears on.

Thermal layer exists, just moves deeper as warmer weather progresses. Max depth is supposively 67 feet.

Weekends during mid summer is pretty heavy as many dive shops (NC/VA/MD) bring in a lot of students for Check out dives and viz is usually destroyed.

This time of year (drysuit weather) is very sparse and you'd have most of the place to yourself.

Let me know, I'll go down and dive it with you (after I get back from Key Largo 4/16/07)

 

[tedwhiteva]

How is Lake Rawlings, and Lake Millbrook in Haymarket? I need to practice my nav skills, and get used to not having unlimited air supply again. I just moved to NoVA so not sure where anybody dives around here other than NC.

They are both a bit chilly right now - Rawlings was 53 two weeks ago and Millbrook was mid to low 40's last weekend. Visibility is better at Rawlings, but depending on where you live I95 North can be a b**** coming home, especially Sunday afternoon. As of now Rawlings is open 7 days, has a fill station. Millbrook is open for season now too, but its only open on weekends and no fill station.

There were some folks out at both in wetsuits, but still pretty chilly without a drysuit right now.

 

[UserName1]

I get frozen even in a drysuit. When it gets at or above 55, then I'll go.