My first dive of the year was last weekend in Waterton Lake. Waterton is located in the South West corner of Alberta and borders on Glacier National Park in Montana. Dives in the lake typicaly take place in 4 locations, Cameron Bay where the depth reaches over 100', Emerald bay where an old paddle wheeler sunk, wood reef (not really a reef) where the max depth is about 55' and you explore amongs numerous sunken trees and the old garbage dump.
Our first dive was on Wood Reef with a single tank down to 48 feet followed by some bag deployment practise. We were planning to go for a mountain bike ride in 15 C (59 F) weather but soon after we got out of the water it began to rain and the temprature fell, so we did a bit of a road trip followed by sitting in the cook shelter around the fire drinking Rum and Coke.
Day two we did a couple of training dives on twins over in Emerald bay while on the wreck (50') in 2 C (35 F) water. It wasn't too bad, but the 17 min simulated deco stop almost did me in. Our second dive (about 1 1/2 hours later) was just as cold and more miserable because we were putting on cold hoods and gloves.
All in all, I would rather have been in the cold water than not diving. Now if my finger tips would regain feeling in them.
Our first dive was on Wood Reef with a single tank down to 48 feet followed by some bag deployment practise. We were planning to go for a mountain bike ride in 15 C (59 F) weather but soon after we got out of the water it began to rain and the temprature fell, so we did a bit of a road trip followed by sitting in the cook shelter around the fire drinking Rum and Coke.
Day two we did a couple of training dives on twins over in Emerald bay while on the wreck (50') in 2 C (35 F) water. It wasn't too bad, but the 17 min simulated deco stop almost did me in. Our second dive (about 1 1/2 hours later) was just as cold and more miserable because we were putting on cold hoods and gloves.
All in all, I would rather have been in the cold water than not diving. Now if my finger tips would regain feeling in them.