Thunder Water in Thunder Bay (hahaha...sorry)

Ok, so I'm starting to settle in here in Thunder Bay. I'm into my classes at the University, I've got some pictures on my bedroom walls, beer in the fridge and most imprtantly, I got out diving this weekend. I headed out with the good people at Thunder Country Diving who were kind enough to show me around some of the local dive sites. First dive was with Sam at the Silver Harbour wrecks. She's a Dive Control Specialist candidate which is kind of like a Divemaster/Assistant Instructor wth Scuba Schools International.

It was a shallow dive at about 12m max depth but there was lots to see. There are 3 small boats sunk to liven up the site and an old pickup truck that apparently went down in an ice fishing accident. These attractions are all linked by guide ropes. You just follow the ropes from one attraction to the next. I had a great time and a very nice introduction to diving in Lake Superior. The water was 20 degrees on the surface and 18 at depth. I'm told this is very warm for the Lake. I wore my drysuit but would probably have been ok in my 5mm. The second dive was with a couple new divers out to a small little speed boat sunk at a training site(Lakeview Lodge) in about 4-5m of water. Not real challenging but fun to dive nontheless. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to getting out again in 2 weeks.


Here's a little video of the pickup truck.

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Video sent by jacktar