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On Fri, 1 Nov 1996 Tennantm@ao*.co* wrote: > David > > >Being originally from Toronto, but don't hold that against me, > > Awh christ, not another one. ;-) > Yup, but I don't want to live there anymore. So there! ;-) > >I have never thought of the St. Lawrence as fresh, warm or > >visible, however I guess that the Zebra muscles have helped > > the visible part. > > Relativity. I dive there (Kingston to Chippewa Bay) all the time. In March > vis is 100 - 150, but the temp is 35 F. The vis slowly gets worse as the > temp rises until late Aug. Average vis in the summer is around 60 (temp low > 70s), which is pretty good compared to everything else in the area. Right > now the vis is around 40 - 50 feet. However, it gets dark below 100 feet. > The vis is the same, it is just that the light is choked out from all the > suspended particles. Big deal, so at 150 and deeper it is a night dive at > any time of the day. Compared to everything else in the area, the vis is > pretty good. > > Mike > Thanks for the info Mike. It actually surprised me with what you said. I have always felt that swimming in the St. Lawrence was kind of like swimming in Halifax Harbour, which we don't do out here. Vis out here is about 40 feet most of the time and the temp rises to a balmy 60 deg F. Have fun diving! Dave
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