Diving in Superior on t he Madeira

[puddlejumper1]

Sorry for the delay in responding.

I would guess the surface temperature to have been around mid30s to high 20s.

I did in fact dive it with Richard and several people that had come up with him. Richard is a super guy and was very relaxed when I showed up at his door. Be warned however that they do not believe in an early start. Just a great group to dive with.

I did not penetrate the wreck as I was trying out a new gear configuration and was making sure I was comfortable before I do.

I did find the area to penetrate though.

My thoughts on this wreck would be to drive up the night before. There is a nice and inexpensive Inn just a few miles down the road. Then do two dives on a Saturday spend the evening bumming around the area. There are a fair amount of places to see. Then get up Sunday and either dive the Silver Bay wreck or if it is iced in do the Madeira again. It was a really pleasant dive and with there being a large debris area (though a lot of salvage went on at this site) you could enjoy several dives. Also the topography was extremely interesting as well. I would also recommend going out to the wreck underwater as opposed to on the surface.