Diving project for TV

[sskasser]

I would LOVE to get in on some these dives y'all are teasing with here! I can't explain it, but there's just something about seeing things that should be on dry land while I'm on SCUBA that gets me all worked up! And pink fins make AWESOME underwater video....just saying

[rjohns]

For mines and shipwrecks, contact Tamara Thompson at Diversions Scuba in Madison, WI: http://www.diversions-scuba.com/index.html
She dives in flooded mines all the time. She's also very knowledgeable about shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. John Janzen dives with her and has professional underwater video and still equipment for filming in caves and Great Lakes shipwrecks.

You should include the Kamloops (wrecked in 1927 at Isle Royale in Lake Superior) in any discussion about shipwrecks. It's one of the most incredible shipwrecks in existence--a package freighter with all the cargo still aboard.

[gasdiver]

The underground/water Lockheed site in Dawson County GA should be on the list.

http://www.cavediver.net/forum/showt...light=lockheed
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=405686

If anyone ever dives that place, they should definitely take a camera!

[lv2dive]

LOL that is exactly where my head went! You can get in touch directly with Bill at bill@jocasseediveshop.com. Reasons you may be interested in Lake Jocassee:
-- Was a valley that was intentionally flooded - has some really neat features including "forests" you can swim through
-- Remember the graveyard scene from the movie Deliverance? You can dive THAT graveyard, which still has the empty gravesites (the actual caskets were moved before the valley was flooded) from Bill's boat.
-- There is also a Lodge and a Girl Scout (?) camp at around 300 feet that are pretty amazing from what I have heard. Again, Bill would be the go-to guy, but obviously those are very advanced dives and are not frequented.

Definitely worth a look!

Perfect fit for Bill Routh at Lake Jocassee...underwater graveyard, lodge etc. http://www.offthewalldiving.com/

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[JE]

There are more cars & shipwrecks on the bottom of the great lakes then there are cars on the roads today ! ck it out !
There is also a 3 masted schooner laying in 180' of water off of Two Harbors, Wisconsen ! Intact !
Isle Royale hosts a number of great divable wrecks, including the America, the Emporer & the George M Cox.

http://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/scuba-diving.htm


Kamloops
(Package Freighter)
Background Data: 250 feet in length; built in 1924; sunk in 1927. Location: Kamloops Point. Depth: Minimum 175 feet; maximum 260 feet. Features: Intact and undisturbed. Diving not advised because of extreme depth. Not buoyed.
Not exactly Overhead rigging!

[Kelly Jessop]

Always liked this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4MizVyCqIE

[cavediver256]

Lake Russell, has a few different structures underwater..... The GA-Carolina Memorial Bridge, Pearle Mill, etc...... Not sure the visibility would allow much filming, unless the timing was absolutely perfect. The last time I dove the GA-Carolina Memorial Bridge, viz was only about 10ft @ 60' (the road bed)......

I would throw in a second vote for Bill Routh up at Lake Jocassee, the video of the lodge is pretty bad ass, and from what I understand, the movie "Deliverance" has some shots of the dam being built and the footage of the church being moved was supposedly filmed in that valley as well.

[MaxHirshik]

The information provided in this thread and the people who have reached out to me directly thus far have been more than helpful! Thank you so so much!

- Max Hirshik
max@bigtablemedia.com

[spelodiver]

Dave Trotter in Michigan. Expert on Great Lakes ship wrecks. Mostly Lake Huron. Very good guy to talk with.


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[a64pilot]

The Ozark off Panama City / Destin is supposed to be one of if not the best wreck dive in the Gulf. I have never been but would love to go if I could ever find a ride. It is 240' or so to the mast. The story I was told is that it was an air force ship that they had anchored and would drift a target out behind it for laser guided bombs. One day they let the navy practice on it and they dropped a bomb on the ship by accident. Because of this she is not sanitized. Hopefully one day I can find a ride out to it.

I keep a little dive boat at the NSA Panama City. Never heard of the Ozark, assume it is way off the coast as 240' is pretty deep for the gulf?