Ohio Diving - InlandOhio may be well known for being a lake diving state but it has a few inland dive sites that are worth a dive or two as well. |
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Gilboa Quarry |
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| Description | Cox spring is a famous quarry for diving in across the Mid-West and up to 7000 divers a year come here. Thetypical small spring. Because of various sunken "treasures" there, five boats, a school bus, cars and trucks have been strategically placed on the bottom for exploration, the quarry is sometimes called a "Disneyland for divers" The owner claims that the 14 acre quarry is one of the deepest in the US |
| Location | North of the Hansford Branch that flows into the Chipola River. |
| Max depth | 42 M / 140 Ft |
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| Launch Site(s) | N/A |
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| Special Remarks | Freshwater site, several artificial wrecks, busy in the summer and autumn. |
Postage Quarry |
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| Description | Cox spring is a famous quarry for diving in across the Mid-West and up to 7000 divers a year come here. Thetypical small spring. Because of various sunken "treasures" there, five boats, a school bus, cars and trucks have been strategically placed on the bottom for exploration, the quarry is sometimes called a "Disneyland for divers" The owner claims that the 14 acre quarry is one of the deepest in the US |
| Location | North of the Hansford Branch that flows into the Chipola River. |
| Max depth | N/K |
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| Launch Site(s) | N/A |
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| Special Remarks | Freshwater site. |
White Star Quarry |
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| Description | White Star Quarry is a 15 acre quarry which is quite popular with divers
An air fill station is available and open for night diving in the summer. They also have some dive equipment for sale or rent. The site is used by some dive shops for training and has several attractions to discover such as sunken boats, a police car, a Frito Lays delivery truck and some very interesting remains of the quarry site (crusher holes) and block house. The quarry walls give the feeling of a sea wall dive. There are many small fish and crawfish. Fellow divers report seeing catfish. |
| Location | White Star Quarry is located just outside Gibsonburg Ohio, 20 minutes south east of Toledo. Several wrecks have been sunk here |
| Max depth | N/K |
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| Launch Site(s) | N/A |
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| Special Remarks | Freshwater site, marine life, several artificial wrecks. |