While I have not done any ice diving on Winnipesaukee, I've seen a number of photos from ice dives on the Lady of the Lake, and the visibility in those photos looked remarkably better than it is in summer months. That could be specific to that dive site, as the cove where the Lady lies is relatively shallow (the wreck is just 30 feet to the sand) with a ton of boat traffic. However, given the impact of algae, boat traffic, etc., on visibility, I'd bet the visibility is much better under the ice.
In our local lake down here, the annual December 31st dive and the early spring dives almost always feature much better visibility.
Hard to believe that we're just 7 weeks from the unofficial start of dive season down here, and I hope to be under the surface of Winni 3-4 weeks after that.
Light at the end of the tunnel!
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"When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."
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