Boy it has been hot!  On my last two charters I have gone through a case of water on each trip.  Wednesday we had a two-tank dive scheduled and then we were going to hang out for the fireworks.  I had planned to hit the Mack, but I had 5 wetsuit divers and for two of [...]

I had a group of divers from DD Dive and they wanted to going diving.  Ralph the store owner and I conversed about 6 times that day trying to interpret the weather.  In the end Ralph said he was very confident of his divers so lets go.  The plan was to dive the Buccaneer but [...]

Saturday the 9th of July was simply a great day on the Lake.  Days like that are why people buy boats.  I got down to the harbor around 0730.  It was sunny and the temp was 78F.  The barometer was reading a nice high 29.30, indicating a stable weather.  The group first group of Chicago [...]

Friday July 1st I met my divers at 0930 and we left the dock a little after 10AM.  The plan for these six divers was two dives on the Mack.  The group was a mixed bag, half experienced, one not so much and two first timers on the Lake.  The weather report called for <1Ft [...]

Best Weekend on the Lake, So Far!  That’s right.  Since our 2011 season opened on  April 16th, we have waited/weathered 71 days to finally achieve the best weather yet.  This past weekend we ran three charters and each one was simply a great adventure, great weather, great seas and more importantly great viz. Saturday morning [...]

Given the weather, we had an excellent weekend of diving!  Saturday started out hazy.   I met my boatload of divers at the dock and thought, “when is the weather ever going to get better.”  Fortunately we had a light (less than 6kts) northerly breeze so as we departed Burnham for the Mack we were [...]

After a great weekend on the Lake with warm temperatures and flat seas I was thinking summer was finally here.  Last Saturday, the 11th, I woke up to fog.  Now I know that with the right barometric pressure that Air temp 59F – Water Temp 51F = FOG.  My divers and divemaster Jason met me [...]

Somehow, Chicago has skipped over Spring and Summer is finally here.  Well it is finally June and we had 3 great charters this past weekend.  Saturday morning I met my boatload of divers at 0730 and we began the boarding process.  After getting everyone aboard and situated we stopped by the fuel dock ($5.41/gal) and [...]

Saturday May 28th started out gray and overcast and stayed that way the entire day but we were going to have fun anyhow as we were going diving.  We met our six divers at 0800, loaded up the boat, topped off the fuel tanks and headed to Mack.  We had a light southeasterly breeze and [...]

Sunday May 22nd started out warm and sunny.  We loaded up our boatload of divers and motored on over to the fuel dock to top-off the tanks of the Aquatica, as we were headed off-shore to the Thomas Hume.  After a little “sticker shock” ($5.69/gallon for regular) we headed East out to the middle of [...]