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Local Dive Conditions
- Thread starter Sushi Boy
- Start date
Hoover
Nurse Shark
- First Name
- Kenny
Viz is 10' even though it is windy.
Temp is right at 80.
We have the large pavilions (30' X 30' & 20' X 30') completed on the north side and the entry docks for each is larger than 25' X 24'.
The different flock is working much better in the past two applications.
We are hoping to splash the caboose next week.
DiveRite will be here the the weekend of the 31st.
Temp is right at 80.
We have the large pavilions (30' X 30' & 20' X 30') completed on the north side and the entry docks for each is larger than 25' X 24'.
The different flock is working much better in the past two applications.
We are hoping to splash the caboose next week.
DiveRite will be here the the weekend of the 31st.
Hoover
Nurse Shark
- First Name
- Kenny
Greetings all,
The big Grand Opening is tomorrow and Sun. DiveRite will demo their stuff, PADI & O'Neill will be there as well with give aways. The city of Clute will also have freebies. (O'Niell is giving away one suit. I do not know what PADI is doing.)
We have the caboose in the water and the two large pavilions opened up.
Water temp is 84 on the surface, 82 at 25', 75 below the TC. Viz is 12'.
The big Grand Opening is tomorrow and Sun. DiveRite will demo their stuff, PADI & O'Neill will be there as well with give aways. The city of Clute will also have freebies. (O'Niell is giving away one suit. I do not know what PADI is doing.)
We have the caboose in the water and the two large pavilions opened up.
Water temp is 84 on the surface, 82 at 25', 75 below the TC. Viz is 12'.
Hoover
Nurse Shark
- First Name
- Kenny
Take 288 south
45 miles after 610 loop You will hit Lake Jackson
Turn left onto Oyster Creek (Brazos Mall is on your right, this is where 332 & 288 start sharing the same highway)
After 6 (I think) lights turn right onto Dixie (Gas station on the right corner)
about one mile on the left you will see the dive flag
Here's an easier way but a little longer.
go south on 288 till you hit the first traffic light.
Turn left (you will go thru business and residential areas and several stop signs. The street is called "This Way" it changes to "Center Way". Just keep on the same street.)
At the next light turn right (this is Dixie)
Hydrosports will be in the left after 1/4 mile
330 N Dixie
Lake Jackson
979 285 0600
C'mon
45 miles after 610 loop You will hit Lake Jackson
Turn left onto Oyster Creek (Brazos Mall is on your right, this is where 332 & 288 start sharing the same highway)
After 6 (I think) lights turn right onto Dixie (Gas station on the right corner)
about one mile on the left you will see the dive flag
Here's an easier way but a little longer.
go south on 288 till you hit the first traffic light.
Turn left (you will go thru business and residential areas and several stop signs. The street is called "This Way" it changes to "Center Way". Just keep on the same street.)
At the next light turn right (this is Dixie)
Hydrosports will be in the left after 1/4 mile
330 N Dixie
Lake Jackson
979 285 0600
C'mon
B
Blue Lagoon
Guest
As of 6/7 BL temp was 88 and viz that morning was 20-25ft (viz was from Lagoon 2)
Hoover
Nurse Shark
- First Name
- Kenny
8'
Here is a link on the placing of the caboose in the lake. There is a lot of planning and advanced technology that goes into this.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=scubaboose&search_type=&aq=f
I had nothing to do with the music.
Here is a link on the placing of the caboose in the lake. There is a lot of planning and advanced technology that goes into this.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=scubaboose&search_type=&aq=f
I had nothing to do with the music.
B
Blue Lagoon
Guest
Blue Lagoon water temp on Sun June 15 was in the upper 80's. (reports were 86-88 degrees)
Hoover
Nurse Shark
- First Name
- Kenny
It is 9'. We flocked this morning though.
Temp is 84-86 degrees. There is basically no thermocline. (Exept for the deep hole.)
I will be out of country for three weeks so you guys might have to miss me.
We will be sinking the C-130 between July 24th & Aug 4th in two sections. Media will be on hand. (The Discovery Channel will film it.) If you think you might want to help, contact Mike at Hydrosports. He is also allowing folks to come out and watch it on the shore. If it happens before I get back, the date will probably not be posted here.
Also, Mike does not charge for kiddos under 10.
Temp is 84-86 degrees. There is basically no thermocline. (Exept for the deep hole.)
I will be out of country for three weeks so you guys might have to miss me.
We will be sinking the C-130 between July 24th & Aug 4th in two sections. Media will be on hand. (The Discovery Channel will film it.) If you think you might want to help, contact Mike at Hydrosports. He is also allowing folks to come out and watch it on the shore. If it happens before I get back, the date will probably not be posted here.
Also, Mike does not charge for kiddos under 10.
J
jeffro
Guest
what's the latest vis report?
have they started sinking the c130 yet?
couple of austin divers here wanting to explore and visit a few friends in lake jackson very soon...
have they started sinking the c130 yet?
couple of austin divers here wanting to explore and visit a few friends in lake jackson very soon...
Squid
Nurse Shark
- First Name
- Charles
This just ran in Brazoria County's Just the Facts Website Dated Aug 11:
Another attraction sent to bottom at Mammoth Lake
Operators and patrons of Vernor and Hydrosports Scuba Shop and Mammoth Lake will really be flying high after an old U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules plane was acquired at auction, or perhaps we should say flying low  as in underwater.
The successful Clute venture just got a lot more exciting with the addition of plane, which served 50 years in the Air Force. Now the plane will be joining other pieces of interesting eye candy for divers to enjoy at the bottom of the 55-acre Mammoth Lake, including a fighter jet, train caboose, pieces of the Mayan Mindbender from now-defunct Astroworld, huge sculptures of mammoths, turtles and pieces from NASA projects.
“The owners of the lake acquire a lot of cool stuff for it,†Hydrosports Scuba owner Michelle Cryer said. “As far as we know, this is going to be the only divable C-130 in the U.S., so it’s a big deal.â€Â
The 100-foot-long Hercules certainly lives up to its name with a 149-foot wingspan. The plane had to be taken apart into several pieces just to submerge it beneath the waters of the sandpit turned lake.
The lake’s name stems from the fact that remains of two mammoths were found by Kenny Vernor’s company while digging the property before Vernor decided to turn it into a diving pond where scuba trainees can get certified.
Another attraction sent to bottom at Mammoth Lake
Operators and patrons of Vernor and Hydrosports Scuba Shop and Mammoth Lake will really be flying high after an old U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules plane was acquired at auction, or perhaps we should say flying low  as in underwater.
The successful Clute venture just got a lot more exciting with the addition of plane, which served 50 years in the Air Force. Now the plane will be joining other pieces of interesting eye candy for divers to enjoy at the bottom of the 55-acre Mammoth Lake, including a fighter jet, train caboose, pieces of the Mayan Mindbender from now-defunct Astroworld, huge sculptures of mammoths, turtles and pieces from NASA projects.
“The owners of the lake acquire a lot of cool stuff for it,†Hydrosports Scuba owner Michelle Cryer said. “As far as we know, this is going to be the only divable C-130 in the U.S., so it’s a big deal.â€Â
The 100-foot-long Hercules certainly lives up to its name with a 149-foot wingspan. The plane had to be taken apart into several pieces just to submerge it beneath the waters of the sandpit turned lake.
The lake’s name stems from the fact that remains of two mammoths were found by Kenny Vernor’s company while digging the property before Vernor decided to turn it into a diving pond where scuba trainees can get certified.