Austin area scuba?

[apachemd]

A few buddies and I are scuba newbies and will be in the Austin/San Antonio area for a conference in June. Any decent beginner dive sites in the area?

 

[chrispete]

Lots of places to dive. There's shore diving (Windy Point Park, Mansfield Dam, etc.) and a dive charter on Lake Travis (Welcome to Lake Travis Scuba) or Canyon Lake for some lake diving. You could do drift diving on the San Marcos River or Comal River. For blue water you could head down to Corpus Christi/Port Aransas and do some rig diving.

 

[driftwood]

I think your best shot will be with Robert and Lake Travis Scuba. He runs a great operation. Robert works as an instructor at Scubaland in Austin and might be able to get your rental gear if you ask nicely.

 

[apachemd]

Great suggestions! We recently did a dive in Key Largo, FL which was quite good -- 40 feet visibility, lots of great plants and animals to see blue water. How does Lake Travis compare?

 

[ianr33]

Great suggestions! We recently did a dive in Key Largo, FL which was quite good -- 40 feet visibility, lots of great plants and animals to see blue water. How does Lake Travis compare?

You might see your hand on a good day.

 

[chrispete]

You might see your hand on a good day.

It's not quite that bad, I've seen my wrist on occasion.

 

[Timeliner]

I was able to find it with both hands the last time I was there.

 

[Mack Diver]

Vis at Travis runs anywhere from 1 - 20 feet. Right now, it is about the 1 foot range