Blue Lagoon info needed......TIA...

[diver 85]

1st, having never been there, is it open now(I'm guessing it's a 'private' sort of a place etc etc) & how far(time wise) is it from the Leesville or Merryville, Louisiana area...Next, it's middle of January right now, what's the water temps going to be till mid to late February???--I'm assuming somewhere in the 50's(-) right now.. Also, when does it 'warm up to' the low 70's??...Again, TIA...........

 

[UndrWatrDan]

I'm not sure if they are open or not, but here is a link to their website: Blue Lagoon Scuba

It's probably about 150 miles or so from Leesville to Huntsville.

 

[richerso]

Living in north Texas, I don't normally dive that far south; but for ALL of the lakes (deep / shallow / in-between) around here, the water temps are running about 45 - 52 right now. Blue Lagoon might be 2 to 3 degrees warmer accounting for the southerly location. BL is not very deep. I am not totally familiar with BL; but I believe the max depth is on the order of 23 ft or so. Water is also highly alkaline (by nature's standard) so there aren't really any fish that live in the quarry.

 

[ReefHound]

Blue Lagoon is closed until March although they will open by arrangement if a large enough group calls them. Max depth is 28 feet and water temps Dec. 15 were 58 degrees. It's probably low to mid 50's by now and will not be much warmer in early March. It really warms fast from April on.

 

[diver 85]

Thanks all, thought it was deeper than that---so in reality not much different(for just getting wet) than the Turbine Channel just south of Toledo Bend, 15 to 20 feet deep---50 miles from home.......again thanks.....