Diving in Nashville

[scubabrandon]

Just wondering if anyone has a list of good places with good visibility to dive in the Nashville area.

 

[MY01SHADOW]

Just wondering if anyone has a list of good places with good visibility to dive in the Nashville area.

Hello Brandon:

Good vis in our area can be a bit of an oxymoron (depending on what your definition of good vis is). I'm from East TN and we usually dive Martha's Quarry in Lebanon, TN. Also there is an aquatic park in North Alabama as well as PennyRoyal just across the KY line up 65. In East TN there's Loch-Lowe-Minn Quarry which probably has the best vis (usually about 20' or more).

Hope this helps.

Mike

 

[vodolaz]

MY01SHADOW pretty much covered the best local options. Pennyroyal's a longer drive, but has the best "local" vis, while Martha's is the most convenient to Nashville. As always, it depends on how many OW classes have been there ahead of you.

Martha's should reopen in April, just a week before the Nashville DIR-Fundamentals class is scheduled to take place there. Pennyroyal should be open now, if I'm not mistaken (and I may be).

 

[mike_s]

Hello Brandon:

Good vis in our area can be a bit of an oxymoron (depending on what your definition of good vis is). I'm from East TN and we usually dive Martha's Quarry in Lebanon, TN. Also there is an aquatic park in North Alabama as well as PennyRoyal just across the KY line up 65. In East TN there's Loch-Lowe-Minn Quarry which probably has the best vis (usually about 20' or more).

Hope this helps.

Mike

This should help some with the Nashville and North Alabama quarry.
check out the below URL's.

Marthas Quarry
http://www.marthasquarry.com/

Madison Aquatic Park (2 hour drive from Nashville)
http://www.rockdivers.com

 

[steelslinger]

Come to Birmingham. Blue Water averaged over 30 foot of viz last year and had weeks of 40’ -50’. We also have depths of 150+
www.divealabama.com

This should help some with the Nashville and North Alabama quarry.
check out the below URL's.

Marthas Quarry
http://www.marthasquarry.com/

Madison Aquatic Park (2 hour drive from Nashville)
http://www.rockdivers.com

 

[steve2281]

You'll also find Cerulean near Cadiz KY about an hour and a half north. Just off I-24. I think I read that their website www.divecerulean.com was down. Shallow quarry that really warms up in the summer.

 

[scubabrandon]

Anyone have any pics of Martha's Quarry? The ones on their website dont seem to work.

 

[mike_s]

Anyone have any pics of Martha's Quarry? The ones on their website dont seem to work.

I found some on Googles Image search

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=active&q=martha's+quarry&spell=1

 

[scubabrandon]

Now why didnt I think of that....

Thanks =)

 

[vodolaz]

As a reminder, Martha's should reopen in less than ten days, ie the first weekend in April.