Las Vegas Dives

[Desert Pirate]

Hey,
A couple of guys from my dive team and I are coming to Las Vegas to do some diving in Nov. does anyone have any suggestions or favorite dives that I should look for when i get to the area? Any info would be great, we are not familiar with that town at all. Weve heard about some river dives, and a few wrecks, which are the favs?
Clay

 

[amascuba]

Las Vegas, NM or NV?

 

[Desert Pirate]

Nevada, sorry bout that.

 

[amascuba]

Not a problem. I figured it was Nevada, but I figured I would ask.

 

[diversteve]

I have no personal experience with them, but here's a few links to get you started. You might also check the Arizona Scuba forum here, there's several threads about recent diving in local lakes.

http://www.coloradoriverdivers.com/index.html
http://www.lakemeadtechnicaldivers.com/
http://www.southwestscuba.com

 

[draagen0]

ive only dove lake mead but i would love to dive the river someday

 

[Dive-aholic]

There's not much in Lake Mead right now. The lake level has been dropping for a few years. It's now over 100' down. They've had to move a few of the "wrecks" from the scuba park. Lake Mead Technical Divers (linked by sjspeck above) provide information on some good sites, but the sites are all decompression dives. There's not really much recreational diving there that's worth spending money on a boat. If you want decent diving, take a few hours and head south to Laughlin. It's only about a 90 minute drive from Vegas. Cross over into Arizona and head to Lake Mohave, which has some decent diving and "wrecks" right off shore. Check out photos and more information on Mohave and Mead linked off the Dive Sites page of Southwest Scuba (my site). I'm heading to Vegas Monday, so I'll be updating the lake information next week.

 

[Desert Pirate]

Thanks Rob, I will check it out and see. thanks again for the advice