Shelving our plans to go cut a hole in the ice at the Brule Road Quarry because of our 3rd Musketeer going MIA under unforeseeable circumstances, Mike and I decided to brave the pounding surf and ice for a dive off of the Psych Hospital dock. As you can see in the picture, the entry point was massively crowded with ice shards being blown into shore by a South-West wind. Ducking our heads under the pounding surface, we could hear a loud cacophony of ice pieces churning in the waves.. A gentle swim out to the stop sign produced an encounter with a Long-Nosed Gar, a rare sightings in our Kingston waters. The long-snouted fish allowed me to creep up close to him to get a couple of shots. He then gracefully swam away, aiming towards the surface. A couple more pics at the stop sign, and it was time to turn around. Returning to shore, and to our amazement, most of the ice had drifted away from our exit point but not without leaving a large cloud of silt in it's wake around the pier. Visibility for most of the dive was about 40 feet, with the water temperature dipping below 34 deg F. Total dive time, 30 minutes.
Shelving our plans to go cut a hole in the ice at the Brule Road Quarry because of our 3rd Musketeer going MIA under unforeseeable circumstances, Mike and I decided to brave the pounding surf and ice for a dive off of the Psych Hospital dock. As you can see in the picture, the entry point was massively crowded with ice shards being blown into shore by a South-West wind. Ducking our heads under the pounding surface, we could hear a loud cacophony of ice pieces churning in the waves.. A gentle swim out to the stop sign produced an encounter with a Long-Nosed Gar, a rare sightings in our Kingston waters. The long-snouted fish allowed me to creep up close to him to get a couple of shots. He then gracefully swam away, aiming towards the surface. A couple more pics at the stop sign, and it was time to turn around. Returning to shore, and to our amazement, most of the ice had drifted away from our exit point but not without leaving a large cloud of silt in it's wake around the pier. Visibility for most of the dive was about 40 feet, with the water temperature dipping below 34 deg F. Total dive time, 30 minutes.
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Great blog entry - really paints a picture of the dive for me - I feel like I was there....
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