Unheard of Water Temps

I stopped into my local dive shop yesterday before I went to the gym
and was told that a group of people had dove Isle Royale last weekend.
They dove many of the wrecks there including the Kamloops. Anywho,
the surface temps were 63 degrees and the thermocline was at 80 feet.
In other words, 63 degrees @ 80 feet, which is ungodly warm for
Superior. The dive shop owner said the water temps this year have
never been seen before. He also stated that the vis was excellent.

So, if anyone here has wanted to dive the wrecks in Superior but were
put off by the cold temperatures of the water, this fall might be the
time to come up and dive. I plan on going back up later this month.

"John Hanson" <jhanson@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
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>I stopped into my local dive shop yesterday before I went to the gym
> and was told that a group of people had dove Isle Royale last weekend.
> They dove many of the wrecks there including the Kamloops. Anywho,
> the surface temps were 63 degrees and the thermocline was at 80 feet.
> In other words, 63 degrees @ 80 feet, which is ungodly warm for
> Superior. The dive shop owner said the water temps this year have
> never been seen before. He also stated that the vis was excellent.
>
> So, if anyone here has wanted to dive the wrecks in Superior but were
> put off by the cold temperatures of the water, this fall might be the
> time to come up and dive. I plan on going back up later this month.

I'm there!
Let me know when they warm up another 15degrees.

LD.

Limey wrote:
> "John Hanson" <jhanson@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
> news:o9akf2def2n2939vpl8dshldf8e9hjvccj@4ax.com...
>
>>I stopped into my local dive shop yesterday before I went to the gym
>>and was told that a group of people had dove Isle Royale last weekend.
>>They dove many of the wrecks there including the Kamloops. Anywho,
>>the surface temps were 63 degrees and the thermocline was at 80 feet.
>>In other words, 63 degrees @ 80 feet, which is ungodly warm for
>>Superior. The dive shop owner said the water temps this year have
>>never been seen before. He also stated that the vis was excellent.
>>
>>So, if anyone here has wanted to dive the wrecks in Superior but were
>>put off by the cold temperatures of the water, this fall might be the
>>time to come up and dive. I plan on going back up later this month.
>
>
> I'm there!
> Let me know when they warm up another 15degrees.
>
> LD.
>
>
>
Another 20 and you can count me in, too.

On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:58:02 GMT, mike gray <omgray@worldnet.att.net>
wrote in rec.scuba:

>Limey wrote:
>> "John Hanson" <jhanson@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
>> news:o9akf2def2n2939vpl8dshldf8e9hjvccj@4ax.com...
>>
>>>I stopped into my local dive shop yesterday before I went to the gym
>>>and was told that a group of people had dove Isle Royale last weekend.
>>>They dove many of the wrecks there including the Kamloops. Anywho,
>>>the surface temps were 63 degrees and the thermocline was at 80 feet.
>>>In other words, 63 degrees @ 80 feet, which is ungodly warm for
>>>Superior. The dive shop owner said the water temps this year have
>>>never been seen before. He also stated that the vis was excellent.
>>>
>>>So, if anyone here has wanted to dive the wrecks in Superior but were
>>>put off by the cold temperatures of the water, this fall might be the
>>>time to come up and dive. I plan on going back up later this month.
>>
>>
>> I'm there!
>> Let me know when they warm up another 15degrees.
>>
>> LD.
>>
>>
>>
>Another 20 and you can count me in, too.

You'd be toasty warm in just a 5 mm full wetsuit.

Thus spake John Hanson <jhanson@northernlinks.com> :

>I stopped into my local dive shop yesterday before I went to the gym
>and was told that a group of people had dove Isle Royale last weekend.
>They dove many of the wrecks there including the Kamloops. Anywho,
>the surface temps were 63 degrees and the thermocline was at 80 feet.
>In other words, 63 degrees @ 80 feet, which is ungodly warm for
>Superior. The dive shop owner said the water temps this year have
>never been seen before. He also stated that the vis was excellent.
>
>So, if anyone here has wanted to dive the wrecks in Superior but were
>put off by the cold temperatures of the water, this fall might be the
>time to come up and dive. I plan on going back up later this month.

Thermocline is at 50 ft in Travis this week. 80 degrees below the
line, viz about 15-20 ft. Gonna try to get in a Wednesday night dive
while the diving is still good.
--
dillon

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"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Thermocline is at 50 ft in Travis this week. 80 degrees below the
> line, viz about 15-20 ft. Gonna try to get in a Wednesday night dive
> while the diving is still good.

80 degrees BELOW the thermoclime? You've got to be kidding... I don't think
I've *ever* been up there where it wasn't fuckin' cold upon hitting the
thermoclime... Heatstroke and hypothermia in a single dive is more like
it... Is there like a second thermoclime where it gets back down to its
normally fuckin' cold temperature?

Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> :

>"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:399qf2tifih5d49qhqiqugj01aait5mkiv@4ax.com.. .
>> Thermocline is at 50 ft in Travis this week. 80 degrees below the
>> line, viz about 15-20 ft. Gonna try to get in a Wednesday night dive
>> while the diving is still good.
>
>80 degrees BELOW the thermoclime? You've got to be kidding... I don't think
>I've *ever* been up there where it wasn't fuckin' cold upon hitting the
>thermoclime... Heatstroke and hypothermia in a single dive is more like
>it... Is there like a second thermoclime where it gets back down to its
>normally fuckin' cold temperature?
>

The word is it's around 75-80 ft. 72 degrees. There's another right
at a hundred that's around 65.

The surface was at 84 on Friday.

But it's all moot because IT'S RAINING!!!!!

>
>
--
dillon

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"Dillon Pyron" wrote in message
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> The word is it's around 75-80 ft. 72 degrees. There's another right
> at a hundred that's around 65.

OK, that sounds a bit closer to normal, albeit the levels aren't the same...
65F does seem a bit warm compared to what I remember last, but maybe the
change from heatstroke temperatures just made it *seem* like it was
colder...

> The surface was at 84 on Friday.
>
> But it's all moot because IT'S RAINING!!!!!

What? You're afraid your gonna get *wet*? <grin>

Maybe it'll raise the lakes up some so that they can start allowing more
water to flow down the Guadalupe... That should help the various tubing
business along the river... When we were there awhile back, it was more
like, "rent a tube and walk it down the river" instead of floating down...

Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> :

>"Dillon Pyron" wrote in message
>news:5m9rf251ebhq3b7o465d2sree87b2742n6@4ax.com.. .
>> The word is it's around 75-80 ft. 72 degrees. There's another right
>> at a hundred that's around 65.
>
>OK, that sounds a bit closer to normal, albeit the levels aren't the same...
>65F does seem a bit warm compared to what I remember last, but maybe the
>change from heatstroke temperatures just made it *seem* like it was
>colder...
>
>> The surface was at 84 on Friday.
>>
>> But it's all moot because IT'S RAINING!!!!!
>
>What? You're afraid your gonna get *wet*? <grin>

Nope, because the rain muddies up the water.

The viz is great below the first thermal, although you do need a
light. 10-15 ft.

>
>Maybe it'll raise the lakes up some so that they can start allowing more
>water to flow down the Guadalupe... That should help the various tubing
>business along the river... When we were there awhile back, it was more
>like, "rent a tube and walk it down the river" instead of floating down...
>

Carrying a tube AND a cooler can be a real pain.
--
dillon

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