Thursday, August 19, 2010

Round Lake, South Frontenac ON N 44° 24.9', W 76° 25.6'
   Dive Number 130 Buddy
Jason
Surface temp
20°C
Starting pressure
1700psi
Depth
19ft
Visibility
good
Time
27m
Water temp
24°C
Ending pressure
1100psi

Notes:

For our night dive, I remembered my camera and Jason and I returned, hoping to catch another look at the multitude of sunfish in Round Lake. Sadly, we ran into technical trouble when his C8 light began turning off intermittently. Deciding to venture a little further to the shoal, we discovered that the fish population had thinned out anyway.

We still managed to see a few large fish, including a catfish on our return to the entry point. I'll make a point of returning to Round lake by day if I can find others to join me.

Round Lake, South Frontenac ON N 44° 24.9', W 76° 25.6'
   Dive Number 129 Buddy
Jason
Surface temp
24°C
Starting pressure
3000psi
Depth
32ft
Visibility
good
Time
45m
Water temp
13°C
Ending pressure
1700psi

Notes:

Jason and I have often had trouble being decisive about where to go for a dive, and ultimately decided to take a dip in Round Lake today. Last time I went in [August 6, 2008], I recall it was very cold and also that there were tons of sunfish. the temp was warmer today than it was two years ago, but the sunfish were just as plentiful if not more so. We also saw a pike and some bass and a perch or two. We returned to the entry point with enough air to come back for a night dive, when I could try and remember to bring my camera.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Titanic, Kingston ON N 44° 08.6', W 76° 37.2'
   Dive Number 128 Buddy
Jason
Surface temp
23°C
Starting pressure
3000psi
Depth
69ft
Visibility
fair
Time
39m
Water temp
22°C
Ending pressure
1350psi

Notes:

After a couple dives to warm up under our belts, Jason and I decided to brave the Lake Ontario waters for the club's weekly charter dive. When head out to the Titanic, Neither Matt or I could remember if we had been on it ever before. It turns out that this was the dive that Jason and I made last summer with Anne [Dive # 95, June 25, 2009].

Unaware that we were tracing our steps/kicks from a year ago, we descended the line and had a warm and peaceful dive.

The Titanic is big. I see from last year's post that we left some of it for another dive. We still haven't seen it all after last night.

Same as last year, we retired to Wooden Heads for some post dive dinner.

Brule Road Quarry, Westbrook, ON N 44° 17.0', W 76° 38.9'
   Dive Number 127 Buddy
Jason
Surface temp
21°C
Starting pressure
2000psi
Depth
27 ft
Visibility
good
Time
49m
Water temp
24°C
Ending pressure
650psi

Notes:

With both of us sporting half tanks from the previous night's dives, Jason and I met up after my morning shift, downed a tasty soup at Siem Reap restaurant, and after picking up a towel for him at Zellers, went over to the Brule Road quarry for a starter dive.

The water was warm, and the dive was uncomplicated. I found a 4lb lead weight near the newspaper stand. Had it remained unclaimed, Jason was going to keep it (having paid $5/lb for 20 lbs lead from his Toronto dive shop, he was feeling a little stung, I think). I planned to ask the two other divers in the water with us, but they had disappeared by the time we exited our little swim. We ran into them at Northern Tech Diver when we went over there for air fills. As I suspected, one was Tom Rutledge of Preserve Our Wrecks who I hadn't met before. He reported that the weight wasn't his, but he thought it might belong to Northern Tech Diver. I asked the guy there, and he confirmed it was his, giving Jason a few free clips to say thanks for returning it. I also bought a couple belt clips to keep my lead in place.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Loughborough Lake, South Frontenac ON N 44°, W 76°
   Dive Number 126 Buddy
Jason
Surface temp
26°C
Starting pressure
2800psi
Depth
8ft
Visibility
poor
Time
41m
Water temp
25°C
Ending pressure
2000psi

Notes:

Jason and Chandra arrived mid-Tuesday afternoon, and after a supper of hamburgers and garden-fresh zucchini, Jason and I donned our gear for a swim in the lake. The water wasn't deep, or clear, but it made for easy swimming, and in addition to seeing lots of bluegill pumpkinseed, we several medium size bass as well as a pike that I imagine was a half metre in length. Chandra was kind enough to illuminate the single floodlight near our lake pump, facilitating the navigation home after the sun set.