Okanagan Diving

[Flogenburner]

Hi all,

I just moved back to the Okanagan, thanks to the economy, and was wondering if there is any diving near Summerland.

-Chris

 

[Underwater Ogre]

Chris...you poor b@#$@d... I don't know what else to say. You are going to have to replace that Octopus on your avatar with a trout.

Be careful those Force Fins might get stolen for float tube fishing.

Good luck, we will keep you posted on the viz here!!

U/O

 

[cooldives]

Check the Serpent Aquatics site below for some of the dives in the area, or contact them for more specifics in your area. Good luck.

Okanagan Dive Stores - Wine and Dive in the sunny OK

 

[DaleC]

I think the channel between OK and Skaha would be a crazy drift dive (even if it were only 8' deep). You might need doubles for it though
I'm planning on diving up there this summer.
Here's a link to a site with Bathymetric (depth) maps that I like to look at and daydream over: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/fidq/bathyMapSelect.do
Just enter Okanagan, Kalamalka or Skaha lake and see what's there. Look at Skaha and see the wall dive that's near Kaleden (west mid lake).

 

[Underwater Ogre]

Here's a link to a site with Bathymetric (depth) maps that I like to look at and daydream over: Ministry of Environment - Fisheries Inventory Data Queries

That link is great...nice to know where the drop offs are.

Don't worry I am a catch and release fisherman.

 

[njoynthewater]

Good morning,
I'm a little north of Summerland and know a bunch of sites in the Kelowna/Westside area. There is a book that came out recently published by somebody in Alberta that has Okanagan Lake sites including the south end of the lake. I can get you the title if you want it. The name escapes me right now. The dive shop in Kelowna does what they call a social dive on every second Tuesday starting April 28/09 If you go to the Diving Dynamics website and look under events there is a schedule posted.

 

[Flogenburner]

Awesome, thanks for all the info.


-Chris