Scuba Diving At Phillip's Quarry - Muncie, Indiana

Scuba Diving At Phillip's Quarry - Muncie, Indiana

A group of us enjoyed a short scuba dive at Phillip's Quarry recently.

The day started out with sunshine. We got into the water colse to 1:20 Pm, and I noted a outside temperature of 90 with a thermal clime, and quick temperature drop, at 15-feet. Couldn't see my thermometer very well so I don't know how much that drop was. I wore a 2.5-mil, and I didn't go below 18-feet.

Visibility was 15 - 20-feet. The quarry was abundant with algae patches that shined intriguing green where the sun hit them.

I stayed near the wall, and finned my way colse to the quarry, rather than speculation out to visit the sunken attractions. I decided they were too deep for my thin wetsuit.

I didn't even make it over to the plane this time. It's suspended with the top of the fuselage at seven feet, so most of the plane hovers in warm water above 15-feet.

I did see a amount of nesting bluegill. I couldn't miss them because they darted out in charge posture to warn me away from their nests.

I stopped by the itsybitsy cave on the south wall. At five or six feet deep the cave has a row of vertical rebar over the mouth that makes it look like a jail cell. Last time I visited it a huge catfish was in residence. It looked like a prisoner.

There is a gap at the left side so the catfish could enter and leave at will.

Nearing the northeast corner I spotted some large carp. Took a incorporate snapshots, but I'm not sure how they'll turn out. I shoot with a Nikonos V, and haven't made the transition to digital for underwater yet.

Those carp seemed in an awful hurry to get away from me, and weren't interested in posing for pictures.

I did get a few shots of smallmouth bass that I believe will be okay. Though they didn't get close enough for me to touch them, they were just as intriguing about me as I was of them. They got as close to me as I guess they felt comfortable getting.

After 30-minutes of picture taking I ran out of film, and surfaced to reload the camera. I had practically 2000 pounds of air left, and figured to make an additional one dive.

When I broke outside I heard thunder. A look toward the west gave evidence that a big storm was rolling in fast.

Some of the group already back on shore was busy getting the concentration of divers still in the water to alert them of the advent weather.

As we gathered for lunch the rain started heavy, and some lightning lit the sky.

By the time we concluded lunch the sky cleared a bit, and the rain slowed to sprinkles.

I concept about gearing up for a second dive with a fresh roll of film. I wanted to take a few pictures of the plane before I dried off for the day.

But, considering the weather and potential for more lightning to gift itself, I opted for scuba safety, and I decided not to reload the camera for an additional one dive after all.

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