Jiveturkey:
Hope you do move... Ottawa is a great area for diving... as you can see, the St. Lawrence / Eastern Lake Ontario region gets all the votes -- mine too. Let the locals argue about which part is best as much as they like, but from a consumer's point of view you'll have within a maximum of a three-hour radius, the options of diving a lake, the river -- as wide as a lake in many spots -- historic wrecks -- wooden and steel -- an artificial reef, serveral exciting drift dives, and wonderful vis. The only other "Ontario" diving that compares is in Lake Huron and Michigan (Ontario's western region )Enjoy.
The Lake/River region also boasts two of the best dive shops* in province... Tom's place (NTD) and DiveTech in Mallorytown... as well as several very competent charter captains.
Good luck
* I know there are dive shops in Ottawa folks but I simply am not that familiar with them and am talking from the prespective of a technical instructor about THAT kind of support.
Hope you do move... Ottawa is a great area for diving... as you can see, the St. Lawrence / Eastern Lake Ontario region gets all the votes -- mine too. Let the locals argue about which part is best as much as they like, but from a consumer's point of view you'll have within a maximum of a three-hour radius, the options of diving a lake, the river -- as wide as a lake in many spots -- historic wrecks -- wooden and steel -- an artificial reef, serveral exciting drift dives, and wonderful vis. The only other "Ontario" diving that compares is in Lake Huron and Michigan (Ontario's western region )Enjoy.
The Lake/River region also boasts two of the best dive shops* in province... Tom's place (NTD) and DiveTech in Mallorytown... as well as several very competent charter captains.
Good luck
* I know there are dive shops in Ottawa folks but I simply am not that familiar with them and am talking from the prespective of a technical instructor about THAT kind of support.