What a great weekend of diving we just had! WCD ran 5 full trips over this weekend (including Monday). We had flat seas and lots of sun! Saturday morning I met my divers, a group from St. Louis that we supplemented with a two of divers from Fort Wayne at 0700. The plan was to [...]
So far this year, I have had great weather on the Lake. That all came to end this past weekend when the weather forced me to cancel three full trips. Saturday it was raining like a monsoon. Though we generally don’t cancel for rain (only high seas) it was raining so hard on my drive [...]
Sunday July 18th started out great. We had a light 7kt wind out of the south and waves, <1FT also from the south. The weatherman had called for afternoon thunderstorms so I wanted to get underway early. I met my boatload of IID divers, well actually one of them called me as he had over [...]
This past Saturday the Lake and the weather were amazing. WCD had two charters and both went to the Mack & Wells Burt and both were different and yet near perfect. At 0700 I met my boatload of divers from Gooses and we left the harbor right around 0730. After clearing Northerly Island we were [...]
July 14th might be Bastille Day but for Windy City Diving it was another great set of dives on the Lake and a Fireworks Extravaganza. We left Burnham Harbor around 1730. After about 30 minute ride out to the site, we sent divemaster Bob overside with our mooring line. Bob unfortunately had forgotten his boots [...]
Saturday 7/10 was a “Tale of Two Cities” day. The morning was spectacular, one of those days you know why you buy a boat. West winds <7kts, West wave <1ft, surface water temp 72F and 46F at 45FT with viz +50FT. We again had a surface current from the SE. We were were headed to [...]
Wednesday Night July 7th. Looked like it was going to be a good day even though the weatherman called for scattered showers. I thought we would be fine. I met our divers at 5PM for a 2-tank dive and fireworks cruise. We were again headed to the Buccaneer and then maybe the Wings of Wind [...]
Saturday July 3rd we had a full boat and headed to the Mack and Wells. The Lake was flat, air temp was warm not hot and we on the Mac in less than an hour. I explained to our group of mostly wetsuit divers that they will get a little chilled but that the thermocline [...]
Windy City doesn’t normally run charters on Thursdays but, if every Thursday was like the one today, July 1, 2010, we would certainly run more of them. Traffic was light on my way downtown to the harbor, probably because of the upcoming holiday. It is bright and sunny and not a cloud in the sky. [...]
Sunday June 27th, the weather report was troublesome but with an early start we just might be able to knock out a couple of dives on the Big Lake. I met my boat load of divers at 0700. This was an experienced group of divers who have chartered the boat each year for a private [...]