questions about diving the madiera

[mattd]

If you really want to do it wet, I would really think about calling up Jay at Superior Scuba and going out on his boat.  You are going to have a certain amount of time until you are too cold to continue.  You don't want to waste that on the surface swim.  You may find that by the time you get to the bouy you are already cold and not even do the dive.  From the boat, you can jump in, go down the anchor line, and see the wreck.  Then when you are cold, you can hop right out and change into warm dry clothes.