Need some Charter Advice

[Harvdog]

Hey all! It has been a while since I posted last. Used to be a Texas Swamp Diver but made the move up to Chicago and now I guess I am part of the Great Lakes Wrecking Crew!!

Anyway, I have a couple of swamp divers coming up the Chi-town at the end of june for some standard partying but want to get a dive in on Thursday, the 28th. I haven't dove here yet so who should I contact for getting a charter? Looking to do a 2-tank dive and REALLY looking forward to feeling the 40 deg water Also, if anyone is available to dive that day and is looking for a buddy, drop me a line and we can coordinate. There will be 3 of us diving and of the 3, 1 is a DM and the other 2 are Rescue.

Tiny Bubbles

 

[netmage]

Doing a thursday day dive may limit options, as I believe most captians have day-jobs.. ....

Outfits I'd recommend....
Chicago Dive Charters (Downtown Burnham Harbor) - do 2 on the 'Straits of Mackinac' - big dive boat - 12 divers I think, may be tough w/ small crowd.
Nordic Diver (Milwaukee) - CF Milwaukee & the Willy
N'pursuit (Northern Indiana) - May hafta go out furthur for decent depth/visability/wreck (close in stuff is mostly debris fields - uck)

 

[MgicTwnger]

Here's a couple more:

Len-Der Milwaukee
Enterprise Marine Des Plains

 

[bradb21]

I personally like the diving out of Milwaukee better. I think you will have a better dive if you take a charter out of Milwaukee. The Willy is always a great dive. She sits on the bottom at about 90'

Sorry I don't have recommendations on a charter. I fortunately have a friend who is my dive buddy who owns a boat. We always see the Len Der when we're out diving off Milwaukee. The captain always seems nice when we encounter them.

 

[Steve P]

Anyway, I have a couple of swamp divers coming up the Chi-town at the end of june for some standard partying but want to get a dive in on Thursday, the 28th.

Harvdog,

I've been looking at local charters recently as well. FYI Nordic Diver (charter out of Milwaukee) has a website with schedule posted http://www.nordicdiver.com/ It lists a dive open on the 28th on the Staemer Wisconsin.

Steve

 

[HammerNoMore]

N'pursuit (Northern Indiana) - May hafta go out furthur for decent depth/visability/wreck (close in stuff is mostly debris fields - uck)

I'd second that recomendation. A truely top notch operation.

James