Question for you divers?

[Worldcupkeeper]

Ive got this awsome place right behind an old asylum and since they wont let anyone on the property to look around, I figured I would do some diving right behind the place in hopes that someone at somepoint threw some bottles into the river. My question is, would I have to get permission to dive there or do I just have my dive flag in the air and just go for it?

 

[bigghouse]

wat i do is i ask the police if i can pick up trash and clean the enviroment to help the commmunity[]

 

[adshepard]

Who owns the property that the water is located on? If there is public access to the river then I say just jump in. Check your local dive flag laws if you feel the need to use a flag. I dive sans flag whenever the law allows and sometimes even if it doesn't.

Alan

 

[sunrunner]

adshepard: now thate i scuba dive,i believe,thate the river is public domane,therefore,id just do it,if you can snorkel,then you dont need a flage.

 

[madman]

HEY ARIC SOUINDS GOOD WHAT ASLYM???? MIKE

 

[CALDIGR2]

I/we dive sans flag, as it draws unwanted attention. Use your compass and never surface in the middle of the river, but always return to the bank to come up.

 

[Worldcupkeeper]

in TN we are required by law to have a flag flying within 50 feet from our diving spot (the LDS has lost alot of flags in TN due to boaters that dont know what they are and run over them). There should be a boat ramp close by that I could possible use. I will also be doing some river cleanups in the near future and the lady who asked me to help out says they always find old bottles.

 

[towhead]

It is my understanding, that here in Minnesota, (for the inland lakes) as long as you are in the water, doesnt matter who owns the property in front of it-also, I believe there is actually a 4 foot Right of Way too.....

However, Lake Superior can be a different story-if one is thinking about looking for artifacts that may have come from the sunken ships....