SCUBA Diving Top 100

[rawls]

Ok...I'm biased...But in this months issue of SCUBA Diving Magazine it listed it's Top 100 dive destinations...In the wreck diving category Ontario, Canada beat out North Carolina for the #1 spot...I think NC is has the best wreck diving around....I know the Great Lakes have alot of "great" wrecks but I just don't see how it beat out NC overall...I guess when you get #1 in two categories you have to give up the top spot in a 3rd...Even though we should be #1

 

[fire_diver]

Whatever ranks #1 in SD magazine is what/who ever payed them the most.

FD

 

[pir8]

I like the Jersey Coast, affectionately called Wreck Valley since there are over 3000 wrecks out there.

 

[drbill]

I sent a letter to the editor (for the third year in a row) complaining that the continents of Africa, South America and Antarctica get next to no coverage in the magazine. I think SCUBA Diving is "hemispherically challenged."

Note also the picture of the "sea lion" on page 4. If that's a "sea lion," I'll eat my entire pumpkin pie tonight. Oops, already did it. Note there apear to be no pinnae (external ear flaps) and the pelage is spotted. On top of that, the article it refers to (p. 27) talks about diving with a "habor seal," not a "sea lion." I told them they needed a marine biologist on staff... me!

 

[Tassie_Rohan]

So how did the wreaks in the rest of the world fit in their scheme of things: Chuuk, Scapa Flow, Bikini Atoll, Cordon etc? Or are they too far from home?

 

[divemaster_jim]

I'd have to disagree, Having dove in both the Great Lakes and NC, I think The Great Lakes make for better wreck diving, but I'm like rawls, in that I'm biased too LOL

 

[rawls]

I think SCUBA Diving is "hemispherically challenged."

Note also the picture of the "sea lion" on page 4. If that's a "sea lion," I'll eat my entire pumpkin pie tonight. Oops, already did it.

You're wrong Bill...I just called SCUBA Diving Magazine and they said they realized their mistake and said they would correct it in the next issue and let the readers know it was a walrus

Next time you get a chance, try the pumpkin pie cheese cake at Starbucks...YUM...

 

[Ontwreckdiver]

No mistake. The Great Lakes do have the best wreck diving. Fully intact wrecks that still look almost as good as the day they went down. In some cases over 150 years ago!

 

[RAD Diver]

I would love to dive the Great Lakes, but need to get the wife in a drysuit first. I have dove many wrecks off the NC coast (without the need for a drysuit). So I may be biased also.
I think the best wreck diving is where the boat I am riding on stops.

 

[Desert_Diver]

I sent a letter to the editor (for the third year in a row) complaining that the continents of Africa, South America and Antarctica get next to no coverage in the magazine. I think SCUBA Diving is "hemispherically challenged."

Note also the picture of the "sea lion" on page 4. If that's a "sea lion," I'll eat my entire pumpkin pie tonight. Oops, already did it. Note there apear to be no pinnae (external ear flaps) and the pelage is spotted. On top of that, the article it refers to (p. 27) talks about diving with a "habor seal," not a "sea lion." I told them they needed a marine biologist on staff... me!

You're selling yourself short, Dr. Bill. You should have emphasized the Renaissance Man aspect of your talents. You could be their resident marine biology expert, geography consultant, singles editor, and social mores commentator. Call'em back and hit'em with the hard sell.

Art