JR Aquatics had a fun dive on Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver Indiana. We borrowed a boat from the academy and made our way out to pick up the buoy located on the revluc. However, when we got there, the buoy was gone. Someone had obviously taken it. For those of you who don't know what the revluc is, it is an old wooden boat that was owned by the Culver Academies. It sank many years ago and has been a great diving location for our campers. We usually buoy it for the summer so it is easy to find. Revluc (Culver spelled backwards) is located on the Northeast side of the lake. In recent years, a small plane was relocated near the revluc to make it easy to find as well. Everybody had a great time and diving visibility was pretty good. For more information about these wrecks, don't hesitate to call the shop.

Hi Kathy,

John and I went diving in Lake Michigan with Capt. Mike Tapper (N'Pursuit Adventure Charters/East Chicago Marina) on Saturday. Always pretty easy to find and the parking is free and not too far from the boat. About 1 hour 15 minutes from the east side of Niles.
This is our third diving trip to Lake Michigan, with great weather and 1 foot waves.Surface water temp was 65 degrees with temps at wreck depth coming in around 56 degrees.Since we had a new diver on board, Capt. Mike picked two good dives - the Tacoma ( the 73' long wooden steam powered tug) and the Material Service Barge ( the 240' long steel hulled motor barge with open cargo holds) . Six of divers in our group and Capt. Mike has always had a Divemaster on board who keeps a watchful eye on us.
Visibility at the wreck sites was around 12-15 feet. Waters were very calm at depth.The Zebra Mussels abound with Gobies ready to greet us everywhere we went.We did see some big bass down there this time.... that was a treat!Capt. Mike said he would continue his dive adventure charters through the end of September.
Dan

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