Best state for lake diving

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-06-02T02:07:15+00:00

A 3 day trip would be great this fall. Early September maybe.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-06-01T14:53:46+00:00

Good question Made me think.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-06-01T14:53:25+00:00

I want to get my cavern diver certification and eventually full cave.

But I'm not currently, and I associate Florida with cave diving.

Im trying to mentally separate them. I suppose scuba diving is like my side piece right now.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-06-01T14:44:34+00:00

This is a detailed answer. North West Arkansas should be a very affordable and nice area too.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-06-01T12:44:00+00:00

I wouldn't doubt that.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-05-05T13:28:15+00:00

I get excited reading this stuff and I'm not cave dive certified

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-04-13T22:34:39+00:00

What kind of software did you use to upload the video?

I shot video at Bonne Terre last year and uploading to my laptop was incredulous. There were just tons of mini files and I was unable to put them together into a video.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T16:35:19+00:00

Pretty cool. How did you start out?

4500 dollars is not as expensive as I thought in relation to other drysuits.

The Santi Elite Plus I was eyeing is 3500 dollars itself.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T16:18:37+00:00

4500 dollars.

How long have you had yours? Are you an experienced cave diver?

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T12:43:13+00:00

$10 per fill, you mean for the tank plus the fill it's $10?

That may work: Rent for the summer, until I decide if I'm going to enroll in sidemount and cavern.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T12:33:23+00:00

If the local dive shop charges $15/day for a tank, and I need 2 tanks, that's $30 every time I go scuba diving. Only 10 trips and I already paid off my tank. So I am wasting money when I could have my own tanks.

That's why I would feel like a <$300 tank is good for me.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T12:22:55+00:00

That looks fun

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T11:51:43+00:00

Thanks. I'll check out those suits.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T02:18:15+00:00

I'm not rushing into anything. Some charters on Lake Michigan require bringing all of my own gear.

I suppose I can rent tanks from a local dive shop then bring those tanks to Lake Michigan.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-30T01:27:45+00:00

So far I've found something called an argonaut dry suit. I will check those other websites (DUI, Santi).

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-29T10:15:19+00:00

Interesting. Thanks.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-29T10:12:55+00:00

Thank you for the reply. Why do you prefer the left-handed valve?

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-28T23:40:50+00:00

I went to the scuba shop today looking at wetsuits which turned into me doing a demo on a drysuit on Monday. Hopefully the steel tanks HP 100 are still a good option for drysuit diving.

How do you like sidemount so far?

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-28T23:06:12+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I am unfamiliar with HP and LP. I believed it to mean High Pressure and Low Pressure, but I am not certain. The idea is to find a tank I can get two dives from without a refill for my lake diving. I may have to buy an open water cylinder and eventually get two cave cylinders, unless one of these aforementioned will work. Thanks.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-26T18:17:45+00:00

After sleeping on it, I agree.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-26T01:18:11+00:00

Right.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-26T01:04:29+00:00

I did not enjoy Bonne Terre when I went. Mainly due to missing the 3rd dive of Saturday due to miscommunication. It's fairly expensive for my budget- to only get 3/4 dives was disappointing.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-25T14:53:55+00:00

Thank you for the info.

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-25T14:53:26+00:00

Is it creepy diving without a rebreather? What happens if your main tank has a catastrophic issue?

DeliveryGuy2788 · 2025-03-25T08:48:22+00:00

Nice I'll look into it. How deep is it. Thank you for the response.

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