I was hoping you might give me some historical water conditions for Lake DeGray for mid October?? Also what are some of the 'deep' diving options on the lake?? Thanks
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richerso
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Hey 'Diveguy! Keep me in mind. I know I haven't been around much; but to borrow a phrase from Andrew -- my webbed feet are cracking.
JR
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richerso:
Good always hearing from you!! I hope to be there in a few weeks finishing up a few adv. trimix dives for certification. I have been to the lake on several occassion, but never dove her.
Dove the lake Saturday for the first time. Surface 73F, below 40 52F. Vis was 15-20 if you did not stir the bottom. Below 140 the bottom turned to clay and you needed to be vary careful or the vis goes to zero.
Access. You can dive at the dam, but you need a permit and be an instructor to dive within the bouys and it will be a long swim to get to deep water. The dam is an earthin dam and extends out as far on the back side as the front side.
To really dive this lake you need a boat. I did my first dive just up river of the dam on the intake side. Wall drops off at a 45 degree angle and not a lot trees in the way. Second dive was up lake to the area with islands in front of the state marina. We dove on the back side compared to the marina. The drop off was the same, but with a lot of trees. The bottom showed to go to 180, but we stoped at 150 due to the vis dropping off to near zero. To go to the bottom would be a solo dive and a compass run back up.
Access. You can dive at the dam, but you need a permit and be an instructor to dive within the bouys and it will be a long swim to get to deep water. The dam is an earthin dam and extends out as far on the back side as the front side.
To really dive this lake you need a boat. I did my first dive just up river of the dam on the intake side. Wall drops off at a 45 degree angle and not a lot trees in the way. Second dive was up lake to the area with islands in front of the state marina. We dove on the back side compared to the marina. The drop off was the same, but with a lot of trees. The bottom showed to go to 180, but we stoped at 150 due to the vis dropping off to near zero. To go to the bottom would be a solo dive and a compass run back up.
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