Dive 103 – Lake Ontario

Sunday, July 15 – 2007
11:45 – 13:00
Dive Number 103
Start: 11:00
Roads: Dry / clear
Visibility: 24km
Temp: +25C
Water Temp: +10C
Area: Chuck’s Secret Lake Ontario Dive
Vehicle: Niva
Weather: Sunny / Clear
Visibility: 3m
Divers: Wolf, Chuck
Maximum Depth: 4m
Shore Crew: Lise, Tori
Plan: Explore the Secret Location in search of shipwrecks.

Chuck arrived a little early at my place in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and we started off by going up the QEW to casablanca blvd to a very bumpy and pot-hole filled role. Chuck showed us evidence of pottery and china which were scattered all over the beach. We got kitted up and headed to the water to find it was very, very cold. We swam out and did a large semi-circle. E saw lots of rocks, goby and found two steel pipes with pointed ends. Chuck’s rod was bigger than my rod. We found some large dead fish to which I poked in the eye to be sure it was dead, and we found a toilet seat cover which provided some amusement. At one point I was kind of tied up in the dive flag rope, and tried to free myself. I ended up turning over, flipping around and other unusual things to find myself even more bound up. Chuck had to untie me. We headed back to shore to take of our kit. Sadly we did not find a shipwreck or debris field even in the 4m water. Today Lise and Tori were our shore crew. It was a fun dive at a cool location. The large bumpy road was irresistible for me with the Lada 4wd. I decided to drive down the road very fast and hard, Lise took some photographs. The niva flew up in the air on the bumps and really took a beating. It was great fun! Afterwards we went to a local coffee shop to relax and share stories.