Vegas in January

[Crewdog]

I will be out in vegas the 2nd week in jan and want to go splash in lake mead..i was wondering if anyone has any good (or bad) experences in vegas/henderson/boulder dive shop that might be running charters?

any solid advise is greatly aprecieated.
thanks
Scott

 

[Wayfarer2]

No Personal experience but I have found these two links that looked promising to me. Let me know what you think about either of the places if you use them.
Thanks, Pete
http://www.nevada-scuba.com/lakemead.html
http://www.coloradoriverdivers.com/

 

[diversteve]

You might do better at Lake Mohave. Mead was over 100' down last summer - meaning you could see some of the divesites from shore...Not sure how it is now though but local lakes are currently filling.

You might PM lakemeadtony for recent updates. He runs his boat out there some weekends.

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=156517

Fairly recent info here from Rob (dive-aholic):

http://www.southwestscuba.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=122

hth,

 

[Dive-aholic]

There are only a couple of boats that go out on Lake Mead on a regular basis, and they're both private. Lake Mead Tony might be free to take you out for a dive or 2. The other guys are usually doing deco dives. Steve is right to recommend Lake Mohave, except, the wind really blows through the canyon this time of year and stirs up some white caps, which in turn churns up the water decreasing visibility. You also might want to consider a dry suit. The water will be in the high 40s to low 50s.

I regularly get fills at Gr8 Divin in Boulder City because they're the closest shop with hydrocarbon free air. Most of the other shops only have grade E air. It's not a bad shop, but my only experience is with air fills. Let me know what dates you're looking to dive. I'll be in the area in January and may be able to get a shore dive in if you're interested.