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LAKE, RIVER, AND GULF DIVING
FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON TEXAS
In the Texas, we are
fortunate to have some good places to practice diving.
Many are located
close to Houston!
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Meadows Center
for Water and the Environment - San Marcos, Texas - now established as a Texas State University-San Marcos
scientific diving area. They have a glass bottom boat and kayak
tours and divers
can volunteer to participate in various activities after
completing their Diving for Science Authorization Course.
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Athens Scuba Park - Athens, Texas -
Athens Scuba Park opened in 1987. They have 30+ wrecks to
discover including planes, a house boat and a DART bus. There is
a dive shop with air fills available; 2500 psi max / tank not
older than 20 years. |
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The Blue Lagoon - Huntsville,
Texas - has
an air fill station, picnic areas, 2 lakes and other amenities.
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Canyon Lake - New
Braunfels, Texas - 8,240-acre Canyon Lake is one of
the deepest and most scenic lakes in Texas. |
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Scuba
Ranch Park - Terrell, Texas - a 22-acre spring-fed lake that has
some of the most beautiful and natural habitat ever seen in a
fresh water Texas lake. |
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Guadalupe River - New Braunfels, Texas
- It is cool and clear and is a refreshing place to dive
in the summer. Also tubing and canoeing are big attractions.
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Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary - located
offshore from Freeport, Texas. It is a unique geological structure
covered with corals and sealife. Charter boats are available.
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Lake Longhorn - League City,
Texas
- They have 10 acres of the lake reserved for scuba diving.
If you want a close and convenient place for scuba diving,
paddle boarding, swimming, fishing, or kayaking go check them
out! They also offer other outdoor amenities for special events.
Check in first at the Main Office (gun range office).
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Mansfield Dam
Park - Austin,
Texas
- Diving is almost as easy as stepping right from your car door
into the lake. Dive stairs, a wheelchair-accessible ramp, and a
courtesy dive lift to ease the trek from hillside to lakeside.
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Mammoth Lake -
Clute, Texas - Once a sand pit, it now covers about 55 acres,
offering an impressive collection of attractions that were
placed here in advance. |
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Windy Point Park - Austin, Texas - Windy
Point Park offers camping, scuba tank fill station, camping, large shade
trees on a natural grass lawn, which overlooks the wide open waterfront
on Lake Travis.
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Rig and Wreck Diving - Galveston, Texas -
Oil rigs and or wrecks are essentially
artificial reefs that
literally attract thousands of various types of marine life. The typical
visibility is 60 to 80 foot. Large schools of plate sized spade fish,
colorful angelfish, dolphins, rays, barracuda, amberjacks, groupers and
occasionally whale sharks may be seen. Rig diving is considered to be
the safest type of Gulf diving due to depth control. You can dive at 20
ft. or to 120 ft. |
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Twin Lakes - Manvel, Texas - just south of Houston near Hwy 288 and Hwy 6. It has
a air fill station, picnic area and other amenities.
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If there are other
places in Texas that you want listed, please contact the
webmaster for posting.
Webmaster@bayareadivers.org
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