Welcome to the Yahoo! Message Board for Club Poseidon

Here is a Yahoo club we can use to post messages, pictures, etc.  When I have a

chance, I will link this to our website.<br><br>Enjoy,<br>Chuck

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I'm ready to dive this week-end<br><br>               Tim

My dad is not. He's @ the hydroplane races.<EOM>

How about Sat. morning-9am Marine City-meet in the parking lot across from

Michigan National Bank -downtown MC Bill wants to do a easy dive Don't know what

the vis will be like  Tim

Our trip was a great success. We had 8 divers & a

total of about 30 people in our group. We had perfect

weather. No clouds, no winds, nice vis. We brough our own

boats do we could dive at our leisure. We dove the

Scoville, King, Niagra, Forest City, and Arabia and also

looked for the wreck of the Nellie Sherwood, whose

location was known some years ago but has apparently been

lost. Non diving days were spent exploring Flowerpot

Island & other area parks.<br>Many thanks to Leslie,

Barb, Cheryl & Nancy for keeping us all well fed!!

Well after several frustrating months I am finally back online. This is a great

new addition to the website Chuck.

I've been diving the St. Clair river off and on

for about 10 years now, usually a couple weeks before

Labor day or after. The last two years visibility has

been somewhat poor at < 6'. It's been 5-6 years

since I've seen 12-15' vis. from Marysville to St.

Clair.<br><br>What is month is the visibiliy the best in the summer?

As a non-drysuit diver, what is the typical

temperature in the Months of May -

July.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Mark B.

Hi Mark,<br> I've only been diving the river for

about 2 years now, so I've never seen visibility much

better than 10' between Marysville and St.Clair. I have

seen viz, over 20 feet while diving the Monarch which

is just below the bridge on the Canadian side, and

also near the bramble which is docked near the Pine

Grove park in Port Huron. Temps from May to July

typically range from a low in the mid to upper 50's and a

high in the upper 60's to low 70's. If you have any

other questions about the river you have come to the

right place. There are several club members who have

been diving the river since there was a river (maybe

not that long but you get the point)and we are always

eager to share information. If your looking for a buddy

drop a message in here and I am sure we can hook you

up.<br> Mike

Thanks, I'll keep watching here and maybe try to hook up with someone local who

has been on some dive I'm not familiar with this summer.<br><br>Mark

Mark,<br>There doesn't seem to be a particular

time of the summer that has better vis than another.

Rain makes it yucky & we've had plenty of little rain

showers in the past couple of summers. Four or five years

ago we had very little rain & commonly had vis to 30'

in the northern parts of the river. A few times we

had 40'+ (!!)<br><br>A crude rule of thumb for water

temp in the river is 10 degrees per month. December

thru March, months 1 to 3 = 30 degree water. May (5)=

50 degrees. This works until about July(7)=70

degrees.<br><br>In the winter we have had vis up to about 60'. 30 or

40' vis is not uncommon if we have not had a melt in

a week or so. I recently bought a drysuit & love

it, but have made plenty of winter dives in my 1/4"

wetsuit. The trick is to fill up your suit with warm water

from a thermos before jumping in.<br><br>Hope to see

you this summer,<br>Chuck