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Scuba Forum / General / August 2007Iowa dives?
is there any worth while diving sites in Iowa? > is there any worth while diving sites in Iowa? Yes. >> is there any worth while diving sites in Iowa? > > Yes. where might they be? >>> is there any worth while diving sites in Iowa? >> >> Yes. >> > where might they be? I've done dozens of dives in Okoboji but only once off Arnolds Park, the link below. There are numerous public access points, albeit not well marked, around the lake. You can enter at any public access. I've gone to over 100' down from shore just west of Arnolds Park. Arnolds Park is a good bottle dive. Max depth is 130 something, if I remember correctly. http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/USA_/Iowa_/Lake_Okoboji/index.htm > is there any worth while diving sites in Iowa? I asked that question a couple of years ago when I was working on a contract up in Cedar Rapids... Basically, you gotta be pretty desperate to dive around there... I was up there for 6 months and had my tanks and gear with me, but I decided it wasn't worth freezing my a.s off just to say that I had dove Iowa... While flying around the area, looking at local lakes and rivers, none of them seemed clear enough that I was willing to freeze my a.s off... On the other hand, they did have a nice free gun range south of Cedar Rapids, west of I-380 and slightly north of the Iowa River... >> is there any worth while diving sites in Iowa? > > I asked that question a couple of years ago when I was working on a > contract up in Cedar Rapids... A problem with asking a general question about "Iowa" is that conditions in the northwest corner may vary from conditions a couple hundred miles away in the east-central part of the state. It's better to ask the same question about Nevada where Lake Mead and Fallon are damn near identical for scuba diving. > A problem with asking a general question about "Iowa" is that conditions in > the northwest corner may vary from conditions a couple hundred miles away in > the east-central part of the state. It's better to ask the same question > about Nevada where Lake Mead and Fallon are damn near identical for scuba > diving. So, you're saying that there are places in Iowa where you won't freeze your a.s off diving? <grin> >> A problem with asking a general question about "Iowa" is that conditions >> in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > So, you're saying that there are places in Iowa where you won't freeze > your a.s off diving? <grin> This time of year, August, you can stay, roughly speaking, in the top 30 feet of the water column and not get cold if you are using a 3 mm wetsuit. For sure if you stay in the upper 20 feet of the water column with the 3mm wetsuit there won't be even a little chance of getting cold. Absolutely, by staying in the upper 10 feet of the water column and using a 5 mm wetsuit and hood your chances of getting cold are almost eliminated. Hell, just lay on the surface on a sunny day with 90+ temperatures with a 9 mil farmer john, hood, and gloves and you damn sure won't get cold - just a micro-tad less than 100% assured. > This time of year, August, you can stay, roughly speaking, in the top 30 > feet of the water column and not get cold if you are using a 3 mm wetsuit. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > john, hood, and gloves and you damn sure won't get cold - just a micro-tad > less than 100% assured. Hmmm... I think that is one of the most insightful posts that you've even posted... I know you intended it as humor, but I suspect that there is a *lot* of truth in it with regards to Iowa diving... <grin> If the water had been cold and looked as nice as a Florida spring, I would have found some way to put enough neoprene on me to go diving... Since the lakes and such that I found didn't look that much more enticing than most Texas lakes, I decided it wasn't worth the trouble of having to defrost my 'nads after the dive... Of course, I kind of knew I was in trouble when they told me that winter was over before I came up there and upon arriving, I saw a 15+ ft high pile of snow in the parking lot... Well, that plus they called the 4+ inch pile of snow all over my car one morning, a "slight dusting"... >> This time of year, August, you can stay, roughly speaking, in the top 30 >> feet of the water column and not get cold if you are using a 3 mm [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > enticing than most Texas lakes, I decided it wasn't worth the trouble > of having to defrost my 'nads after the dive... \ you guys ever dive off the coast of Maine ? even in July you need a full 7mm farmer john, hood, gloves, ect. > you guys ever dive off the coast of Maine ? even in July you need a full 7mm > farmer john, hood, gloves, ect. But is there anything to see? I have no reason to believe that Iowa has anything to see in their lakes that makes it worth freezing your a.s off... One could definitely argue that there is not much above the water in Iowa that is worth seeing either (miles and miles of corn fields get boring fairly quickly)... >> you guys ever dive off the coast of Maine ? even in July you need a full 7mm >> farmer john, hood, gloves, ect. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >water in Iowa that is worth seeing either (miles and miles of corn >fields get boring fairly quickly)... Unless you're in Bluff Country. > Unless you're in Bluff Country. They don't grow corn over there? >> Unless you're in Bluff Country. > >They don't grow corn over there? "One could definitely argue that there is not much above the water in Iowa that is worth seeing either" >>A problem with asking a general question about "Iowa" is that conditions in >>the northwest corner may vary from conditions a couple hundred miles away in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > So, you're saying that there are places in Iowa where you won't freeze > your a.s off diving? <grin> Water is either warm, or solid. Matthias |
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