New under water dive sites opening up
Well that's essentially what would be happening if there was water still there.
Let me explain - I recently did a video interview with Steve Castle owner of AAI Neptune Divers in Las Vegas NV. During the interview he said, among many other things that the water level in Lake Mead has dropped 140' over the last several years. Effectively this means that there are new dive sites opening up that used to be too deep for the average sport diver. So you're starting at 140, sort of ,,,,,
Hmmmm. Sounds good to me.
With viz in the 40' range and water temps about 55 degrees in winter and in the 80's in the summer that sounds like interesting diving.
The problem seems to be that access to the lake is largely unavailable from shore for two reasons -
first, the roads that used to go to the shoreline are now hundreds of yards from the water resulting in long walks, and
second, the only way to get to the dive sites is by boat and there are no dive charter operations running. So you would need to rent, or borrow, or bring your own boat.
Still ,,,, for an avid SCUBA diver who wants to explore new territories it is enticing.
Oh, yeah ,,, hear it for yourself in the video interview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nVC4XLfLc
and don't forget to come back for the second and final episode of the interview.
More to come!
Watch these sites for exciting things to come this summer!
Its all about diving ,,,, it's all good!
SCOTT
Let me explain - I recently did a video interview with Steve Castle owner of AAI Neptune Divers in Las Vegas NV. During the interview he said, among many other things that the water level in Lake Mead has dropped 140' over the last several years. Effectively this means that there are new dive sites opening up that used to be too deep for the average sport diver. So you're starting at 140, sort of ,,,,,
Hmmmm. Sounds good to me.
With viz in the 40' range and water temps about 55 degrees in winter and in the 80's in the summer that sounds like interesting diving.
The problem seems to be that access to the lake is largely unavailable from shore for two reasons -
first, the roads that used to go to the shoreline are now hundreds of yards from the water resulting in long walks, and
second, the only way to get to the dive sites is by boat and there are no dive charter operations running. So you would need to rent, or borrow, or bring your own boat.
Still ,,,, for an avid SCUBA diver who wants to explore new territories it is enticing.
Oh, yeah ,,, hear it for yourself in the video interview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nVC4XLfLc
and don't forget to come back for the second and final episode of the interview.
More to come!
Watch these sites for exciting things to come this summer!
Its all about diving ,,,, it's all good!
SCOTT




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