I did a little circuit of popular Kingston shore sites this morning and can report the following:
Deadman's Bay is completely iced in, with snow cover on the surface.
There is a small amount of open water around the pier at RMC, but access would be challenging - and egress even more so, perhaps..
The Alexander Henry basin is thinly iced, but sufficient to make entry and exit impossible - ditto the adjacent bay.
The Yacht Club beach is thinly iced - but enough to thwart divers, I believe.
Portsmouth has open stretches, with an abundance of ducks making the most of them. Entry would be possible. The ice that's present is only about a 1/4" thick.
The same detail applies to KPH, where limited entry options give way to thin ice cover - that could be broken through, or broken up, if necessary
5 comments:
Thanks for the reports. Would you mind doing this every morning of the year for us :-) It really would help.
Actually a web cam installed at each site would be ideal.
Jim
I like the webcam idea, Jim. Kingston could really use a couple of those. One watching the wheelhouse of the Wolfe Islander 2 would be neat - and another at the Barge by the Marine Museum. There's been talk on the bulletin boards about this sort of project. It's not rocket science, but it does need funding - and protection from vandalism...
I believe the webcam idea would be a good thing for the city of Kingston to fund as it would be a great tool to bring people into Kingston to dive. Has the road at Deadman's Bay been repaired? Has anyone been to Brewers Mills lately?? upper or lower? Also has anyone dove in Anglin Bay? It is located in the inner harbour of Kingston apparently from what I have read there are 12 wrecks in the area. The website I came across with some info is http://k7waterfront.org/Topic/AnglinBayWrecks which is about Kingstons waterfront. I think with the shallowness of the water in this area it would be an interesting shore dive once the ice is gone.
Chris
Readers should not be suspicious of the deletion referred to above. It was a duplicate of Chris's comment preceding it...
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