Wiarton June 2025 – Cedar Hill Park

Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Time: Morning dive at 11:30 am. Afternoon dive at 1:30 pm.
Location: Cedar Hill Park at Wiarton, ON N0H 2T0 – on Grey Rd

Underwater Highlights

video & photo credit: Steve Meggeson

Blue North Divemaster: Martin Bonert, NAUI Instructor
Shore Dive Fee: $15
Type of dive: Shore diving, beach entry, underwater navigation, very cool things to investigate underwater, picnic lunch in the park (bring your own lunch).
Suitable for: Divers of all levels, including newly certified divers and experienced divers wanting a spring refresher or challenging and fun navigation dive.

Blue North’s requirements to participate in the dive

These steps must be completed annually.

  1. Complete the Blue North membership process to join Blue North Scuba Club if you have not done so already. (Note: The newly certified divers from the Blue North trip to Tobermory in June are already members!)
  2. Sign the annual OUC Release if you have not done so already. Be sure to pick both HHUC and Blue North Scuba Club as your clubs.

What’s below the surface? You will be amazed!

This is an excellent shore dive for:

  • newly certified divers to gain scuba experience, practice skills such as buoyany control and navigation with the supervision of a Divemaster at a site with easy access and gentle underwater slope
  • experienced divers to have a “warm-up” dive for the summer ahead
  • scuba divers to try out new equipment
  • new Blue North divemasters to gain experience with Martin
  • anyone who wants to have a little fun underwater, explore a new site, and hang out with fellow divers!

Description

  • Entry: The entry is gradual with a rocky-sandy slope. There’s a grassy area along the beach, great for suiting up and picnicking.
  • Depth: Maximum depth for this Blue North dive will be 60 ft. The majority of the attractions underwater are at the 35 to 60 ft range. The descent is quite gradual, so Cedar Hill can accommodate many levels of dive experience. (Note: Skip the Eiffel Tower, Rocket Ship and Santa if you want to stay above 50 ft.)
  • Water temperature: The water is fairly warm during the summer months – reaching approx. 15°C above the thermocline near shore. 7mm wetsuit diving should be comfortable.
  • Visibility: Cedar Hill is part of Georgian Bay which tends to have decent visibility even during summer months.
  • Fish: Some say you may see typical Canadian freshwater fish species like trout, perch, bass and lake whitefish if they don’t get scared away by all the underwater sightseers.
  • Underwater attractions: At Cedar Hill Park, you can visit quite a lot of different underwater features within a relatively small area – the dome, windmill, rocket, Eifel tower, little shipwreck, cemetery, skeleton, snowmobile, newspaper stand, computer, bicycle, and other goofy things added by divers for your entertainment. Who knows what new items you’ll find this year! This site is fun and ideal for divers of all levels.  A great place to spend a day and practice your underwater navigation.
  • Picnic: Hang around for more diving, socializing, swimming, sunbathing, bring your own picnic lunch (no food shopping on site). 
  • Parking: Cedar Hill has free parking on a lane next to a canopy of trees, steps from the shore.
  • Washrooms: There are washrooms next to the lane.
  • A favourite shore dive site in terms of water visibility, access to the water, parking, picnic shore area and underwater features to explore.
Diagram photo credit: Free Spirit in Ski & Scuba

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Plan your trip

Scuba Gear:
Bring all your own scuba gear, including two tanks.

Transportation:
Need a Ride: Those who registered have been sent an email listing drivers.
Give a Ride: Please notify bluenorthscuba@gmail.com

Accommodation:
Some people stay overnight Friday in the Wiarton area. Some people make this a one-day event, driving up and back the same day. Some people like to make it a weekend with family or friends.

For camping accommodation, there are places like Cape Croker Park and provincial parks in the area. For motel-type accommodation, there are motels, rentals, etc. Check the internet to find something that’s right for you.

For example:

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