288 Lake - Houston, Texas -
Conveniently located near Beltway 8 and Cullen. This was formerly known as Tiki Lake or The Reef
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Aquarena Springs - 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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The Blue Lagoon - Huntsville,
Texas - has
a 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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Clear Springs Scuba
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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The Comal River - New Braunfels, Texas - The first week of October, divers from all over Texas meet there
for TrashFest. It is a mass dive event to clean up the 4-mile Comal
River.
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The 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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The 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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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 - Lake
Jackson, Texas - The 55-acre dive lake has a maximum depth
of 65 feet, making it suitable for a deep-dive certification
site.
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Rig and Wreck Diving
off 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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Rockin 'OK' RV Park and Scuba Lake - Rosharon, Texas
- Formerly known as Lost Lake to SCUBA divers - the lake has been taken
over by new management in 2008 who are very interested in making this a
SCUBA destination. With a sandy bottom and clear water, this is a nice
place to dive. Depth is around 35' which is still beneath the
thermocline. Has dive platform and sunken objects to explore.
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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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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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