SCUBA Diving Top 100

[bigcat]

Living in NE Ohio, I've been diving the Great Lakes region for years. The Great Lakes has many of the wrecks in great condition due to the fresh water but the pristine wrecks are in deep water for the most part. Excellent Great Lakes diving depends in my opinion on the lake and time of year. Lake Erie for example is pretty good from early April to the first of July. During the mid to late summer the Algae Bloom turns the lake to pea soup. The Niagara River and Lake Ontario are spectacular but again visibility is depend pretty much on weather and season.

The Mid-Atlantic and specifically North Carolina offers some of the best sport diving anywhere. Large animals, shipwrecks, tropical fish and the everchanging diverse environment make this diving challenging, exciting and the best value for the buck I've experienced. Just my two cents.......... t

 

[Nick.Lucey]

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

Yes, as evidenced by the dozens of "Visit Ontario" ads in the magazine. Puh-leez.

 

[RJP]

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

Shhhhhhhhh!!!!!

The boats are crowded ENOUGH as it is!

 

[IwakuniDiver]

SDM and SD are nothing more than over-inflated travel and sales brochures for people that "just so happen" to dive.

Here in Japan, there's a WWII Battleship in 130fsw just 22km from where I live and work as well as (just from glancing at my GPS), 5 other wrecks in the immediate area. Also, the surrounding waters offer unique marine life and present new and exciting challenges. But when I approached SDM about possibly doing a story about Japan, they reminded me "they weren't really interested in the subject matter".

Serves me right for thinking they were a Diving Magazine.

 

[Nick.Lucey]

Hi Iwakuni,

When you say you spoke to SDM are you referring to Scuba Diving Magazine or Sport Diver Magazine? I assume you're in Iwakuni. I was stationed in Okinawa while in the USMC and did some great dives there.

Nick

 

[IwakuniDiver]

Hi Iwakuni,

When you say you spoke to SDM are you referring to Scuba Diving Magazine or Sport Diver Magazine? I assume you're in Iwakuni. I was stationed in Okinawa while in the USMC and did some great dives there.

Nick

It was Sport Diver.

Yup, I have lived in Iwakuni for just over 3 years now and have dove most of the surrounding area. Now that the waters have cooled I'm trying to get a photograph of the local Tachi fish, or Pacific Frost Fish. Hard buggers to catch underwater.

 

[electric_diver]

Why don't you try Diver Magazine out of British Columbia Canada.

http://www.divermag.com/

A recent issue of theirs had an article on possible man made stone city off the shore of Okinawa. Another issue had an article about diving in a flooded opal mine in Slovakia. They seem to be interested publishing stories about unusual dive sites.

 

[SwimJim]

Funny thing about the Great Lakes: I've been in Lake Superior in sept. and had 68 degrees @ 110 ft with NO thermocline, but I've been in Lake Huron in july and had 55 degrees @ 75 ft and 1 thermocline,

July on the Great Lakes is still "Spring". I've done dives in Lake Michigan in late June where the bottom temp was still thirty eight. At least in my neck of the woods, the lake really doesn't warm up until Labor Day and is usually pretty warm the first three weeks of September. At least, that's my observation going back to the mid 1960's.
We get low viz diving here on the shallower wrecks in summer. Usually once you pass 100 fow viz of 70 to 80 foot plus is common year around now.
I do like diving the Great Lakes. I have done 99 percent of my diving in them. They would be tough to match. I do however have an open mind. I'd love to dive off off Jersey and North Carolina for starters. That battleship in 130 fow in Japan sounds really cool too.
When I hit the lottery I'll do the southern hemisphere and equator during our winter months and work my way north as summer moves into the Great lakes region. Bottom line is I love to dive and I love to dive wrecks. War and mother nature has put them everywhere for us to see. As divers we are most fortuneate as far as that goes. So whats the best dive? The next one!

Jim

 

[pir8]

I've always said my favorite dive site is the next one I'm going to.

 

[rawls]

I've always said my favorite dive site is the next one I'm going to.

Well said...
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