love to dive Lake Winni in NH

[wheresjerry]

Howdie, I am not a regular here on the site but more of a lurker, and want to say Hi! I am interested in diving to some of the wrecks on Winni, and dont have a knowledgeable dive partner up in that area. So, does anybody want to go for a dive up that way during September....I have a few weekend days off and want to go before the water gets too cold....message me or post and lets go. I am kind of new to diving and 55, so my experience and age call for a nice relaxing day! karl

 

[oldflounder]

Howdie, I am not a regular here on the site but more of a lurker, and want to say Hi! I am interested in diving to some of the wrecks on Winni, and dont have a knowledgeable dive partner up in that area. So, does anybody want to go for a dive up that way during September....I have a few weekend days off and want to go before the water gets too cold....message me or post and lets go. I am kind of new to diving and 55, so my experience and age call for a nice relaxing day! karl

I am in the process of putting a dive platform together for lake diving. You can join me if you'd like, if we can match up some days.

 

[ScubaGypsy]

Dive Winnipesaukee runs single dive charters on Friday evenings and 2 tank dives on Sundays throughout September. Good group who will either set you up with a buddy or you can dive with their DiveMaster.

If you prefer to shore dive, check out Clark's Point in McKinney Park for an easy and fun dive site (look around for the rowboat "Bumblebee").

 

[porgyhunter]

Newfound lake up that way has a nice shore dive at "The Ledges"....drops down to 140.....no place to park though...have to be dropped off and gear picked up...but cool rock formations wrecked car etc.

 

[spectrum]

Newfound lake up that way has a nice shore dive at "The Ledges"....drops down to 140.....no place to park though...have to be dropped off and gear picked up...but cool rock formations wrecked car etc.

There used to be a broad spot where you could park across the road from the water. Entry and exit over the rocks is a bit of a trick but is a neat dive. With all that has been tossed form the road over time it's a good artifact site too.

 

[porgyhunter]

Yeah ;;;;;;checked the road last week couldn't see any spots...I used to use a spot at the north end ...now there is a garage there

 

[ScubaGypsy]

I did an ice dive in Lake Sunapee on the Weetamoo wreck in 2011. The Weetamoo was a 50' steamship built in the mid 1800s which now sits proud on the bottom of Lake Sunapee at a ~70' depth. Anyone interested in diving the “Weetamoo” can contact LaPorte’s Skindiving Shop (603.763.5353) in Newbury.

This same link also claims that there is another Lake Sunapee wreck which is the steamship Edmund Burke but I have never had the pleasure of diving it.

 

[spectrum]

Looking around with Google I'm qute sure we were at 43.649724,-71.789158. There is a Volvo wagon parked there in Google street view or utility trucks in satellite view. We were parked across from that long plank fence and entered over the rocks after a short walk to the south. Back then in November I think we had room to park nose in, perpendicular to the street. This was in 2005, maybe 06.

 

[PeterNBiddle]

I did an ice dive in Lake Sunapee on the Weetamoo wreck in 2011. The Weetamoo was a 50' steamship built in the mid 1800s which now sits proud on the bottom of Lake Sunapee at a ~70' depth. Anyone interested in diving the “Weetamoo” can contact LaPorte’s Skindiving Shop (603.763.5353) in Newbury.

This same link also claims that there is another Lake Sunapee wreck which is the steamship Edmund Burke but I have never had the pleasure of diving it.

I went to Mowglis for two summers and snorkeled Sunapee pretty much every day for those summers. There was a small wreck in one of the camps swimming areas, touching the oar locks was a big deal and I recall my ears feeling like they would explode making it down there. It probably wasn't more than 15 feet but as a 9 yo I was pretty proud.

My first summer while snorkeling I found one of my counselors lost gold earrings, the second summer I came up with a wallet loaded with (for a poor boy) a dizzying amount of cash. The owner had lost it a year or so before and his wife sent me a batch of chocolate chip cookies... which I had to share with my dorm. Sigh.

 

[oldflounder]

I can dive the big lake with you next weekend, otherwise the rest of the month is pretty busy.