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| Finger Lakes |  
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Description:
The Finger Lakes of New York State were formed during the last glacial ice age. Following earlier stream channels, the Wisconsin glacier dug deep "U" shaped valleys which filled with meltwater. Maintained by rainwater runoff, these lakes are both clear and clean. Depths can exceed 600 feet. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo |
| Average visibility: 10 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Mud, Rocks, Vegetation |
| Dive conditions: Lakes, Fresh water |
| Seasonality: Most of the year the lakes are free of ice. However colder winters may freeze the shallower of the Finger Lakes. |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Pelagic fish |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | The Finger Lakes are freshwater and as such species indicative to the region are: Large and smallmouth bass, perch, northern pike, walleye, pickeral, sunfish, bluegills, crappie, rock bass, bullhead, catfish, carp, suckers, drum or sheephead, bowfish, eels, lake trout, brown trout, and rainbow trou... (More)
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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