Tahoe Conditions 6/17/18

[UWPhotoKeith]

MeeksBay

• UWPhotoKeith
• Jun 18, 2018

Meeks Bay, Lake Tahoe, CA from the Federal campground day use area.

Did two days of training dives from the Federal campground at Meeks Bay this last weekend. My first time diving in Lake Tahoe and would definitely go back! Visibility was very good, 30' or so, water temp ranged from the upper 50's down to 20' with a bottom temp of 42 degrees at 140'. The thermocline was roughly around 100' where you really noticed the cold. I dove a drysuit with wet gloves the first day and switch out to dry gloves the second day which worked out well! Overall, an excellent training site with a nice shallow area for skills and then after a short swim out you are on the Rubicon Wall where you can get to deeper water with large boulders and even an old 20' motor boat stuck on the steeply sloping wall at about 90'.

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[TracysaCADiver]

Has anyone been to Zephyr Cove recently? I'll be going up there for a retreat with a church in my area and wanted to know what the conditions were.

Thinking of renting some tanks and weights and maybe diving under the docks or something where it's pretty shallow.

 

[UWPhotoKeith]

I was only at Meeks Bay. Here is a link to a dive shop in Reno that shows general conditions: Lake Tahoe with SDC I would send them a message or the other shop in Reno: Scuba Diving Lake Tahoe | Adventure Scuba Center | Dive Lake Tahoe and ask or maybe one of the other shops near Sacramento who dive Tahoe.

 

[neutrino]

I haven't dove Tahoe yet but was looking at heading up to Meeks Bay mid week (in a few weeks) for a dive.
Where is the best place to park? and where is the entry?
Are there any fees?

I'm looking at Google Maps but cant really see the best area.

Where did you park and dive?

Cheers
Rich

 

[UWPhotoKeith]

It’s a National Forest Campground/Dayuse area. There is a $5 fee and it’s very obvious where to park. Here is a link: recid=11813Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit - Meeks Bay Campground

 

[UWPhotoKeith]

It’s a National Forest Campground/Dayuse area. There is a $5 fee and it’s very obvious where to park. Here is a link: recid=11813Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit - Meeks Bay Campground

You pretty much dive right off the beach. There is a shelf about 100 yards out that gets to about 30ish feet deep and the there is a steep slope down to who knows how deep.

 

[neutrino]

Wonderful. Thanks for replying.
Looking forward to checking it our

Cheers
Rich

 

[Billy Northrup]

Can you get 220 - 221 out of that dive?

 

[UWPhotoKeith]

Can you get 220 - 221 out of that dive?

I don't know for sure but I would guess it goes much deeper than that.

Note: I should have corrected my original post, Rubicon Wall is south of Meeks Bay, not sure what if any name is given to the steep slope/wall off Meeks Bay.