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Kurt,
Check in with Divers West in CDA- 1308 East Best Avenue Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814 (208) 664-0751
We made the trip over a couple of years ago and attended the 2nd annual Underwater Easter egg hunt and had a blast! The girls woosied out but Dave ( Diver 763 ) and I had a ball. Call Melissa and Jim Flodin, They are are Great! We stop in to chat with them whenever we go though CDA.
Steve G
Libby, MT
Digicus
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Hey Kurt, Congratulations on your house purchase. Sounds very exciting. I wanted to remind you that you can do a search for members in that area and email them to see if they’ve been in Lake Pend Oreille. Some members check forum topics and reply daily but some don’t. After your dive, would you mind adding it to our dive sites so that we have more information on it?
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Thanks for the replies! I will give Diver West a call, as well as a shop I found here in town. Once I actually dive, I will definitely post a little blurb about it on divebuddy. I am anticipating dry suit temps and low vis, but to be able to dive in my backyard would be awesome! (not to mention a $$ saver)
Thanks again,
Kurt
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Kurt,
Lake Pend Oreille is drysuit water right up until it freezes over. :>) Vis is pretty poor in spring but does get better in Summer and Fall. Pretty much same conditions all over the Northwest. Keep in mind you’re altitude (2064’) diving and will be pretty much anywhere up here too. Dive Safe!
Steve G
digicus
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Thanks Steve,
I have the certification, so I’ll look around to see if I can rent one... and I appreciate the heads up on the altitude. Maybe it is time to schedule an altitude diving course.
I swam in the lake last summer, and thought the vis was worth diving... once I was nestled into a poly liner and dry suit!
Kurt
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Kurt,
To dive the northwest, one only needs a drysuit, chainsaw to cut the ice and a four-wheeler to haul it! Dive Safe :>)
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If you find out about that loco, let me know. Maybe I can get Diver763 to go over and we can dive it!
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Sounds good! I’ll post something when I dive it (or hear a dive report first hand).
Kurt
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dbon - 2/17/2015 8:58 PM
Hi! Sorry to intrude on your conversation.. I’m an instructor from Alberta, Canada. My family is having a reunion at Farragut state park. I heard about the scuba diving on the lake and I would like to do discover scuba for my family. I have all the gear and compressor. Just wondering the surface water temp is and how deep before you hit the thermamcline, and where would the best place to do discover scuba’s be. Some of my family are certified already and have dry suits. So we would also like to get in some "real" dives, the lake sounds interesting:)
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