Houston Business Trip

[N.E.Diver]

So my wife is going to Houston for business. She will be there for an on/off duration of about five weeks. I will be coming down for a long weekend one of the weeks she will be there and I would like to do some diving.

1) Looking for possible dive sites within say a 2-3 hr trip

2) We enjoy the outdoors and sites to see or places to hike, suggestions??


Thanks in advance...

-A true Yankee!!

 

[Dee]

Well, the diving gets kinda slim around here in the winter. The choices are.....

1. Twin Lakes....closed at the moment, opening date unknown
2. Lost Lake...open but I don't care for the livestock running free, leaving their 'deposits' everywhere and/or barnyard runoff in the water. YMMV
3. Blue Lagoon - Huntsville, 2 hrs north....closed until March, I think.
4. Lake Travis - Austin, 3.5hrs west.... probably your best bet. 50-55º temps, viz in the 3-5ft range in the winter.
5. Comal River - San Marcos, 3 hrs west.....warmish 72º year round, shallow with currents.

As for outdoorsy stuff....

1. Armond Bayou....nice walking trails, good birding and photo ops.
2. Aransas Pass....Whooping Crane sanctuary but I think you have to take a boat to see the cranes
3.Galveston....beaching walking and shelling. Moody Gardens and the Aquarium is a good way to pass a day.

I'm sure there are others but I'm not familiar with them.

 

[daniel f aleman]

Houston Diving Clubs:
http://www.tgccdiving.org/

Diving the oil rigs:
http://www.mlthornton.net/bd030001.htm
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/lagniapp/lagphoto.html

The Flower Gardens, Stetson Banks, and nearby dive sites
http://www.flowergarden.nos.noaa.gov/
http://www.gulf-diving.com/
http://www.aquaticexcursions.net/local.asp
http://www.wolfcharters.com
http://www.markwalden.com/flowergardenbanksdivesites.html

Best Houston Area Scuba and Technical instruction:
http://oceanicventures.com/

The Gulf Coast & South Texas Scenic Routes
http://pw2.netcom.com/~wandaron/cotxroads.html

Aquarena Springs (San Marcos River)
http://www.aquarena.txstate.edu/diving.html
http://www.divesanmarcos.com/

Lake Travis - Austin (deep lake diving, most used site in Texas for instruction)
http://www.oakhillscuba.com/
http://www.tomsscuba.com/
http://www.scubaland.com/

Port Aransas
http://www.frogmans.com/

Corpus Christi
http://www.ascubaventure.com/
http://www.copelandsinc.com/

Lake Medina, Comal River - San Antonio Area
http://www.deepblueadventures.net/
http://www.diveworldscuba.com/
http://www.duggandiving.com/
http://www.diveworldscuba.com/

 

[tedj01]

They seem to have covered diving pretty well.

Eagle Lake (west of Houston) has good waterfowl hunting and/or bird watching. Amazing to see hundred thousand snow geese all at once. Once saw 4 bald eagles feeding on one kill.

Galveston Island can be interesting, Be sure to check out the Elissa.

 

[N.E.Diver]

Thanks everyone for your responses