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White Star Park
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Submitted By:
Ben Hansen
Submitter Comments:
A nice family park with swim beach as well as good diving.
Directions:
Drive to details are great on the website: Near Sandusky, OH http://www.scpd-parks.org/whitestar.htm
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11/25/2005 Mike Struchen (Avg: 3.55 Review) - I would consider this "home" quarry. I am from Ohio and have been diving here since my 3rd and 4th certification dives for the last 5 years. I use it for practice dives before and after boat dive season on Lake Erie. There are 2 entry points. The first is walk-in and used by classes. Very easy! The second is a platform style deep entry where they just added a ladder this past Spring. Again very nice entry/exit. The bottom is limestone and the main floor is 40 feet. There are the remains of the crusher going down to 70 feet and a tunnel that is off-limits. There are piles of stone rubble on far end by the deep entry on which an old police cruiser is perched. There are several "wrecks" and a step-van that used to deliver for the Frito-lay Company. The vis can vary widely from the spring to fall and from weekday to weekend. I have seen it as high as 50 feet in the Fall on a weekday, to around 10 feet when there have been classes all weekend in the Summer. There is a dive concession there during the weekends during the Summer offering air fills and snacks. The "facilities" are outhouses, but there is an area for changing. It is a great place to take students (I am only a DM, but I assist there a lot). I also like to go there during the week just to enjoy a relaxed kick back dive.
09/10/2005 Marcus Edwards (Avg: 3.60 Review) - I would go back. I am not a Northern diver, so I used a 5 mil which I believe now for myself was a bit too much; I think I could have used a 3 mil. The vis was pretty good for cold water diving. I talked to a few people, but the group of three I was with pretty much did our own thing. Everyone and everything was great at White Star. Even with the 5 hour drive and gas prices going up, it was still worth it
08/21/2005 Tom Mullins (Avg: 3.59 Review) - Two dive entries - The one closest to the fun stuff a bit difficult, the other closest to the platforms very easy. Bottom mostly level at 50 ft with some topography. Rock crusher dual-pit to 70 ft with easy swim-thru under dividing wall (several feet of clearance) and spiral staircase. Several boats, cars, etc. Not much plant life in late fall. Several varieties of fish. This is a textbook Nitrox/big-tank/long-bottom-time dive with a lot of real-estate to explore. Rock crusher is a nice multi-level dive. No dressing facilities observed but plenty of room in the outhouse-style restrooms.
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White Star Quarry -- A great write up about White Star Quarry in the June 2005 issue of Dive Training Magazine.
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Number of reviews for this site: 3
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4.33
3.67
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3.33
4.67