Trading in the north for the south

[jar546]

Since I relocated to south Florida last year I have been enjoying the year-round diving. Not that I did not dive year-round in the north but there is a bit of a difference. Here is what i miss and don't miss as told in pictures:


I don't miss waiting for the ice to melt so we don't have to go through the trouble of a setup with ropes and coordinating surface personnel


I do miss goofing around with my great dive buddies like this one. We swear he has gills. He gets well over an hour at 50' with a steel 72 in 34F degree water
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I don't miss the scenic beauty of rusted metal roofs





I don't miss the cold water and wind





I don't miss the darkness after the first 20' of depth in a lake





Did I say I don't miss the cold 34F degree water?






I don't miss the poor visibility and "surface of the moon" like bottom of cold, dark lakes





I do miss popping up near the docks and boathouses scaring people





I don't miss the beautiful brown view of the trees. I traded them in for greenery and palm trees

 

[jar546]

And no, this was not a night dive. It is simply a lake dive in the northeast.

 

[mselenaous]

Thanks for the perspective. I forget about the tundra, its become a foreign concept. Today I got grumpy about a thunderstorm blowing out my pool session.

As for the goofing with great dive buddies, you just need some FL buddies. Have you been to a Megadive at Ginnie Springs, Vortoberfest at Vortex Springs, or a Venice Beach Bash (you'll feel nostalgic with the viz when shark's tooth hunting)? Shenanigans run amok where ScubaBoarders unite. ijs

 

[highdesert]

If you're interested in nice weather, we had an apocalyptic dust storm earlier this week, then it started raining a bit, so it was raining mud, then it snowed on top of the mud. And no diving within hours of here. Now is that a diver's paradise, or what?

 

[kerrycorcoran]

If you're interested in nice weather, we had an apocalyptic dust storm earlier this week, then it started raining a bit, so it was raining mud, then it snowed on top of the mud. And no diving with hours of here. Now is that a diver's paradise, or what?

Wow. This sounds better than some Caribbean location!

 

[highdesert]

Where... Haiti?

 

[LowDrag]

This thread has me cracking up!!! Great start to a non diving day...thanks all!!!

 

[261311]

The North he says... :blinking:

Nice pictures, I'm sort of jealous you had regular outings near lake-side houses and docks. I'd love scaring the bejesus out of people or coming up like some marine on a mission.

 

[elmer fudd]

Looking at those pictures, it ain't the north or the cold that would bother me, it's the fresh water. Lakes are OK twice a year or so just to do something different and to rinse off your gear, but if that's all I had for regular diving I'd just give it up. I'd probably make an exception for the great lakes though.

 

[Watershed]

I got certified in Menominee MI.. it was a pain waiting for the ice to melt. as to this day they are still getting snow. i do miss my dive buddy back up north and the fresh water shenanigans we did in green bay. but i do not miss the overly long and frigid cold winters. if i heard one more person say ice diving i was gonna just start running south. it was fun seeing large lakefish and grass beds but i wont trade my salt water for it again!