Lake Travis 04/03

[AustinPDDiver]

Hey Swampers, I went to Lake Travis on Sunday looking for the old Lake Travis Scuba Park and its many underwater attractions. The scuba gods were smiling on and we located a large submerged object on the sonar in the approximate area, and began looking for a good spot to anchor (there is no shore access to the area any more.) we located a buoy and tied off to it. As we descended the line, we came down right on the top deck of a large houseboat. Id guess that it was 40-55 feet. The top deck was sitting in around 47-50 feet of water. Vis was good at about 10-12. Temp was a balmy 62 degrees. I havent had a chance to explore the whole area, but this is a great dive site!!

Ryan

 

[archman]

Are you referring to Windy Point at Barstow's? I thought there was still shore access... didn't Jay post pictures a few weeks ago from there? The steps are all submerged, but you can wade out to the cliff face and just drop down there.

 

[Dee]

Arch....the old LT Scuba Park and Windy Point, either Barstow's or the public side, are not the same place.

 

[archman]

Up at TAMU, we refer to Barstow's as the "old place" and Mansfield as the "new place".

 

[txbrent]

Up at TAMU, we refer to Barstow's as the "old place" and Mansfield as the "new place".

Sounds like a fun dive! Anybody have GPS coordinates of the old park?

 

[AustinPDDiver]

Sounds like a fun dive! Anybody have GPS coordinates of the old park?

Brent, Im at work, but when I go out to the boat, ill get the gps coordinates for you....and it is NOT windy point or Barstow's...its a different location all together. I would say its almost "around the corner" from windy point


Ryan

 

[archman]

How "old" is this "old park?"