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LONG ISLAND, NY EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE KITCHEN SINK GEORGIAN BAY, ONTARIO WRECK DIVING PARADISE RE-DISCOVERING THE PHILIPPINES At AKR, every day is a new adventure. > Wakeup. Makefriends. with.adolphin.Dive. throughashipwreck. Galloponaremotebeach. orflythroughajungle. , CATCH US LIVE IN NYC Andthatsjustthefirstday. Booth 9018 • Jan 13 - 14 Roatan • Bay Islands Honduras Call & mention promotion code ISL07 www.anthonyskey.com 888.888.5415 / 954.929.0090 Leading Diver EducationFr om Open Circuit and CCR Open Wa ter Div er to Expedition Tr imix diving to 400 ft - 120 ms w and All Div er Le ve ls inbetw een Including Ca ve and Wrec k Adv enture · Confidence · Kno wledge & Skill “Kno wledge is Essential–Sur viv al is Pr actical” To m Mount 1999 Look fo r our ne we st release: Expedition and Mix ed Gas Diving Encyclopedi a Th eTao of Sur viv al Underw ater (305) 754-1027 www .iantd.co m 2 www.nedivenews.com Northeast & Midwest Dive News JUNE 2009 JUNE 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE COVER Northeast & Midwest ◄Cover Photo by Warren Lo Dive News Toronto, Ontario, boasts tremendous The complete resource for diving opportunities to explore the rich marine in the Northeast and Midwest. heritage in the Great Lakes. Warren www.nedivenews.com Lo takes the time to explore as many www.mwdivenews.com wrecks in his home town of Toronto as Publisher / Editor-in-Chief possible and is rarely seen on a dive Rick Stratton without a camera in hand. His pictures [email protected] of these amazing shipwrecks have been showcased over the years in various Editorial Director publications, newspaper and television. Bob Sterner - Hoboken, NJ For information or to see more [email protected] images Warren has taken, please visit Art Director www.warrenlophotography.com. IJ James Production Manager MONTHLY COLUMNS Sarah Wilson Editor’s Note ......................................4 Hot News Midwest ...........................18 Writer Jamie Farris Incoming Mail ....................................5 Gear Check .....................................28 Copy Editor Hot News Northeast ..........................6 Book Log .........................................29 Katherine Meyers What’s Coming Up .............................7 Dive Directory .............................30-31 Accounts Manager Vicky Block NortheaST US DIVES Regional Sales Manager 10 Diving into Long Island Waters Sarah Ogdon By Bill Pfeiffer (360) 240-1874 The bays, inlets, and beaches of the Long Island area are a [email protected] diver’s paradise with depths that are home to some of the more famous shipwrecks on the east coast. These waters Circulation/subscriptions 360-240-1874 which go from cold winter dives to warm summer dives Dive News Magazine is committed to promoting beckon tropical fish to the area provide great locations for the sport of scuba diving in the Northeast and beginner and expert divers alike. Midwest. We will present a practical, unbiased point of view regarding all aspects of the sport NORTHEAST CANADIAN DIVES of scuba diving. The Dive News Magazine believes in honesty 14 Georgian Bay - A Wreck Diving Paradise and integrity in business and will support all By Alec Pierce efforts related to this. We encourage readers Heavy maritime traffic has made the bay one of the top to participate in determining the content of freshwater wreck diving site in North America. Crystal this publication by giving us their opinions clear water and the incredibly intact wrecks draw quite a on the types of articles they would like to see. crowd during summers. Accessible, located an hour and a We invite letters to the editor, manuscripts and half from Toronto and just a short six-hour drive from New photographs related to diving or diving-related York, Georgian Bay is a big draw for the divers throughout business. Send us your stories and photos! IMPORTANT NOTICE the region who seek affordable trips. The Dive News Magazine reserves the right MIDWEST DIVES to refuse service to anyone it chooses. The contents of Northeast and Midwest Dive News 20 International Legends Honored are opinions of individual writers and do not By Jamie Farris necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, They are the trail blazers of the world’s waterways who editor or any of its staff. The publishers and contributors assume no responsibility for any explored new frontiers to make the way for generations mishap claimed to be a result of use of this of scuba divers to come. They are the International material. Diving is an adventure sport and Legends of Diving and in April of this year they were contains inherent risks. Improper use of diving honored for the work they have done and the things that equipment or improper diving techniques may they have accomplished. result in serious injury or death. Readers are advised to use their own best judgment in each TROPICAL DESTINATIONS individual situation. MOVING? 24 Discovering the Philippines In order to continue receiving your magazine By Denise Mattia uninterrupted, please notify Northeast Dive News My expectations were great when I embarked on a 10-day when you change your mailing address. To ensure trip to the Philippines, with plans to dive everything from uninterrupted service, please contact us six to eight World War II shipwrecks to lush coral reefs off islands weeks before the change of address occurs. You that comprise the Philippines archipelago. I chose three of can call us at 360-240-1874 PST or email us at [email protected] or mail at: 7,107 islands, some barely break the surface of the water, BEDROCK PUBLications that divide the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea from the P.O. Box 1494 Pacific Ocean. Any qualms about going such a distance Oak Harbor, WA 98277 disappeared the following morning, when I sank into the waters off Panglao Island. Northeast & Midwest Dive News JUNE 2009 www.mwdivenews.com 3 EDITOR’S NOTE NORTHEAST DIVE NEWS GRADUATE TO DIVING illions of people walk across stages this to learn the arts and sciences of diving. The as test diving a drysuit at a local quarry or Mmonth to be handed diplomas and given constant quest to learn more, see more and swapping gear tips and fish IDs over beer handshakes as they graduate from schools experience more is what keeps this sport so at the dive club. Those without a thirst to and begin the adventure of finding jobs and fresh, year after year. expand their knowledge will lose interest in earning livings. For many, the ceremonies Advanced certifications allow sport divers this sport. There is no such thing as knowing mark the end of formal education as they apply now to achieve levels of exploration that it all in diving. their specialized skill to newfound jobs. would have been unfathomable a generation We learn about diving every month Summer is prime time for dive training ago. Training can extend the concept of from you, our readers. So as your summer in North America, when many people are recreation to finding new passages in caves, fills with diving adventures, please continue bursting with enthusiasm to take up an outdoor finding and identifying lost shipwrecks and to take notes and send in your stories adventure sport after long cold months of going to great depths by using carefully to share with all the members of the being indoors. A month of lessons later they calculated gas mixes and rebreathers that are region’s biggest dive club. graduate by earning certification cards. Unlike as technologically sophisticated as astronauts’ graduates of academic programs, though, breathing systems. Not all training is complex these newly minted divers are only beginning or expensive. It can be as simple and cheap New Look. 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Any help you could offer would attend the meeting by calling Ray Tucker at Great Gear be appreciated, (315) 337-6938. ...and so much more! Thanks, Safe diving, PADI Courses for Alan G. Tessier all levels and classes Internet for any age range We have 2 boats Lake George, NY photo courtesy Jeff Jones (www.jeffjones-strategies.com) 31-FOOT DIESELS with inboard engines, sundeck, shade and freshwater. Max number of divers onboard is 6-8 per boat, with an experienced bilingual crew and dive master. Rosado Salas 121 between 5th Avenue and 10th 987.872.4414 Fax: 987.872.4330 [email protected] www.studioblue.com.mx Northeast & Midwest Dive News JUNE 2009 www.mwdivenews.com 5 HOT NEWS NORTHEAST DIVE NEWS CODY UNSER AT DUTCH SPRINGS HSA EVENT VANDENBERG SINKING AT KEY WEST The ex-military missile tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg should now be underwater off Key West, Fla. At press time, the ship had arrived off Florida after being towed for 1,110 miles from Norfolk, Va. 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