Tag: dpv diving

Three Wrecks and a Pipe Dream: a 3-wreck scooter loop from Perkins Pier

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Yesterday we scootered about 4.5 miles around Burlington Bay in Lake Champlain, visited three shipwrecks, and surfaced 3 hours and 50 minutes later. I was cold and very thirsty but the dive was a success. Skipping the heated vest was definitely a bad idea, even in 53 degree water. Although to be fair I could have just worn thicker undergarements. The dive plan started the way all bad ideas start: I looked at a nautical chart and said, “You know, I wonder if we could scooter to these wrecks from…

US La Vallee Wreck: A DPV Dive in Lake Champlain

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I realize I barely update this blog anymore but I wanted to do a quick post about our dive this weekend. A few years back I started to brainstorm and research potential wreck dives that could be done from shore with the the use of DPVs. The Goal: Be able to navigate safely to these wrecks without surfacing. Effectively treating the whole dive as if it were an overhead environment, like one would do in a cave. Obviously, one could surface in a real emergency, but during the summer months,…

General Butler and Burlington Breakwater DPV Dive (Lake Champlain)

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The NOAA marine forecast for New England did not look great last weekend so both the Saturday and Sunday dive charters I signed up for were cancelled. Shocking I know for this time of year in New England.. 🙁 Since I begrudging spent Saturday working on house projects I needed to dive somewhere on Sunday for my own sanity. We polled the usual dive group and it was decided we would shoot up to Burlington, Vermont (Lake Champlain) and do a DPV dive up there while the water temperatures are…

Scootering to the OJ Walker in Lake Champlain

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Is the OJ Walker in Lake Champlain a shore dive? It is now.. 🙂 With DPVs anything can be a shore dive it’s just a matter of motivation and perspective. Ok maybe it’s a little more than that but I personally like a good challenge. For those that are unfamiliar with diving in Lake Champlain the OJ Walker is a wreck dive that is north of the Burlington Breakwater in about 60ft. It is typically a dive that you need to a boat to get out to. When I told…