Underwater Connection - Manitoba & Prairie Lakes
Underwater Connection serves the diving community around Manitoba and the Prairie Lakes. They're a solid pick if you’re looking to get certified or just need gear locally. With fifteen dive sites in the region, they’re a good base for exploring the freshwater lakes and quarries, especially for new divers getting their bearings.
- Location
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada, North America
- Coordinates
- 43.175465, -88.114500
- Phone
- +1-262-251-8283
- Website
- https://uwconnection.com
- Certification Agencies
- PADI, DAN, TDI, SDI
- Courses
- Try Scuba, PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Advanced Open Water, PADI Specialty Courses (including Underwater Navigation, Night diving, Wreck diving, Digital Photography, Enriched Air Nitrox, Search & Recovery, Ice diving), PADI Professional Courses (Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, Open Water Scuba Instructor, Instructor Specialties), DAN Instructor Courses, PADI Tec-Rec, TDI/SDI Advanced Technical Courses, Snorkeling and Kids Scuba Pool Clinics
- Equipment Rental
- yes
- Air Fills
- Air, Nitrox
- Address
- N87W16459, Appleton Avenue, Menomonee Falls, 53051
Dive Sites Near Underwater Connection
Underwater Connection provides access to 15 dive sites in Manitoba & Prairie Lakes.
- Alexander Reef (reef)
- Bow
- Dixon Reef (reef)
- Edmund Fitzgerald (wreck)
- Griffon Reef (reef)
- Jenny Lynn - 1.3m (wreck)
- Lake Wolsley
- Leonard Reef (reef)
- McAllister Reef (reef)
- Midship
- Nanton Reef (reef)
- Overturned Stern
- Panther (Wrack) (wreck)
- Shenick Reef (reef)
- Whitestone Reef (reef)
Other Dive Centres in Manitoba & Prairie Lakes
Marine Life in Manitoba & Prairie Lakes
Home to 30 recorded species including 28 reef fish, 1 other, 1 sea snails & nudibranchs.
Notable Marine Life
- Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) - Reef Fish
- Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) - Reef Fish
- Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) - Reef Fish
- Cisco (Coregonus artedi) - Reef Fish
- Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) - Reef Fish
- burbot (Lota lota) - Reef Fish
- sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
- Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) - Reef Fish
- Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Reef Fish
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - Reef Fish