Fish sighted - Cayman Brac

Here's an update. Started scootering from shore. Its a hoot, especially when the current us up. Save a lot on air. But you have to be careful not to go to far. Water temp is between 81 and 83.

No pictures, but here is a short list of what we saw:
-Spotted Eagle Ray, 6 turtles (on the last dive), peacock flounder, Yellowtail Snapper (very tasty), Queen Couch (in season and very tasty too), Stingray, Spotted Moray Eel, etc,

There are 41 positively identified and more the I am not sure about.
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New wreck site located in Lake Ontario...

Intrepid wreck researchers Dan Scoville and Jim Kennard have announced another discovery. Their website, Shipwreckworld, contains full details of the discovery and features many pictures and an excellent video.

POW to report on Guenter's Survey...

POW President, Mike Hill, will speak at the Marine Museum in Kingston on Sunday, November 15th. His brief is to inform a wider audience about progress on the survey of the wreck known as Guenter's, which has been the subject of examination by POW volunteers over the Summer.

Come along to hear what's been discovered - and what remains to be done.

Doors open at 1:45 for the 2 pm talk.

POW on Daily Planet...

Last night the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet programme featured the work of Preserve Our Wrecks as its lead item. The feature is the result of a visit to Kingston earlier this year in preparation for the Show's Fall lineup. The piece is a good one. It can be viewed online by clicking here. It's very gratifying to see that a Canadian programme devoted to international scientific issues should have taken an interest in our work - and more gratifying still to see that their report very accurately represents our work and its challenges and realities. While we may not have achieved everything we would have liked this season, a very good start has certainly been made. And it's not necessarily the case that we have made our last visit of 2009 to the site...

Shipwreck Hunters chalk up another find..

Dan Scoville and Jim Kennard, who famously located the wreck of HMS Ontario last year, have made yet another discovery in the deep waters of Lake Ontario. The wreck of the steamer Samuel F. Hodge has been found off Oak Orchard N.Y. Amazing sonar pictures and video of the site can be viewed on the Shipwreck World website by clicking here.

Nautical Archaeology Training Opportunity...

Save Ontario Shipwrecks has announced the availability of places on a NAS Level 1 course in Ottawa in late September. Anyone interested in this opportunity can obtain more details from Chris Holloway or download the registration form by clicking here. NAS Level 1 is an excellent introduction to both theoretical and practical aspects of avocational underwater archaeology.

Alexander Henry turns 50 - and POW is there...

Today, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of her signature vessel, the Coastguard icebreaker Alexander Henry, with a variety of events on site. Preserve Our Wrecks, closely associated with the history of the Museum, was delighted to provide a presence and to organize a diving demonstration. Friends from the Dolphin Scuba Club - and the Museum's own curator - Ben Holthof ventured into the basin of the dry dock and, using full-face masks with communication devices built in, were able to enjoy a dialogue with interested spectators topsides. Adam Rushton, who was good enough to provide the masks, also enabled visitors to watch the divers through a monitor linked to an underwater camera. The day was a great success - and members are advised to follow up on the celebrations of the vessel's birthday by getting along to the Brew Pub in downtown Kingston in the coming days. The Pub has commissioned a special 'Icebreaker Ale' for a limited period. Quite apart from the enjoyment of this fine beverage, patrons will be benefiting the Museum with a donation of 50¢ for every pint sold.