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Dive Review of
Diver's Den in
Canada/Tobermory, Lake Huron, Ontario

in 2006/08
an Instant Reader Report
by
fiona rattray, on, canada
Report Number 3519

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Reporter
Dive Experience
251-500 dives
Where else diving
[Unspecified]

Dive Conditions

Weather
sunny, rainy, dry  
Seas
calm, currents, noCurrents  
Water Temp
46   to 57    ° Fahrenheit  
Wetsuit Thickness
0
Water Visibility
50   to 60    Feet  
 
Dive Policy
Dive own profile
yes  
 
Enforced diving restrictions  
review dive plan with captain before diving and stick to it on the deeper
wrecks   
Liveaboard?
no 
Nitrox Available?
N/A 
What I saw
Sharks
None 
Mantas
None 
Dolphins
None 
Whale Sharks
None 
Turtles
None 
Whales
None 
Ratings 1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Corals
  1 stars
Tropical Fish
1 stars  
Small Critters
  1 stars
Large Fish
1 stars  
Large Pelagics
  1 stars
 
 
Underwater Photography  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Subject Matter
N/A  
Boat Facilities
N/A
Overall rating for UWP's  
N/A  
Shore Facilities  
N/A  
Comments
[None]  
Ratings and Overall Comments  1 (worst)- 5 (best):
Accommodations
3 stars
Food
3 stars
Service and Attitude
4 stars
Environmental Sensitivity  
N/A
Dive Operation
4 stars  
Shore Diving  
4 stars  
Snorkeling
N/A  
 
 

Overall Rating

Value for $$
N/A    
Beginners
3 stars   
Advanced
5 stars    
Comments  
The waters in Geogian Bay are very clear and blue, and cold. 7mm or drysuit
diving. Tobermory is on the tip of the Bruce Penninsula, and there are
numerous accommodations there. It's a speck of a town centered around the
Little Tub Harbour. Fathom Five National Marine Park includes numereous
real wrecks and some shore dives, and an interpretive center just south of
town. You need to get a dive tag here (good for one year, $20) or wristband
(good for one day or one weekend) to dive in the park. Many local dive
shops come up to Toby to do open water and AOW dives.

Diver's Den website shows you the wreck sites in the park, plus the Niagara
II, sunk on purpose for divers outside the park www.diversden.ca. 

DD has several boats: my favourite is the Deep Obsession, designed for
divers. The ladder is a central stalk (Xmas tree style) so you can just
walk up it with your fins on. Captain Dave is worth his weight in gold.

You can pick shallow wrecks or deeper ones depending on your skill level.
I'm still working my way through all of them, and I live in Ontario.  
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