For a chosen few, however, the fun does not end with the water glazing over with ice. Although it is not as common a sight to find people diving in the winter as it is in the summer, many people do enjoy this aspect of the sport. On the colder, clearer days you can sometimes find divers pulling out their chain saws and cutting triangular holes in the ice and venturing into the chilly waters below. Obviously, this type of diving is not for everyone and requires a good deal of training and equipment.
Some divers brave the cold in wet suits but most choose the relative warmth of dry suits.
The Ice Diver Course is an extensive course requiring about 4-6 hours of classroom and three dives through the ice. You can find someone teaching an ice diving course at almost any diver center in the midwest. Here the cold winters are a part of life, so it is more common. The Ice Diver Course is an intensive one but it is a lot of fun. Most of the course concentrates on staying warm, and diving in cold water.