| 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. | ||||
Thursday, August 19, 2010
| 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. | ||||