Lake Travis Scuba Charter

This past Saturday we met up with our new dive buddies, Donna and Charlie at Lake Travis for a day of boat chartered diving. This is something we haven't done before on Lake Travis and it was cool to hit some spots only reachable by boat. This was a definite change from crystal blue waters and sea life in Cozumel, but it was a great day to get wet with friends and enjoy the lake. Lake Travis Scuba was a nice operation sporting a smooth riding pontoon boat with a comfy dive deck. We decided to make it an all day event and made 2 dives in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. I picked up 10 cylinders of air to accommodate Katherine, Charlie, Donna and myself. The Xterra was sitting pretty low...That's a lot of tanks!



We started off at Oasis Wall, which is where I found a pristine unopened bottle of Bud Light. I'm not sure if anybody ever drank it but a couple of guys on the boat looked pretty thirsty...Dive 2 was at the old Scuba park. This dive site has lots of boats and other assorted stuff sunk there for divers to check out. We found a large houseboat in about 60 feet of water. The lake was still pretty cold at that depth.



We went back to the marina for lunch and to pick up another diver and headed back out for some diving. We went to Starnes Island and then made a second trip to the scuba park. During the Starnes dive, Katherine found a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses, I found a lead weight for a fish line, and Donna found a diamond hoop earring! I guess Donna wins, Katherine second....and I found a piece of lead....

Katherine and I sat out on the last dive at the Scuba park to relax on the boat and swim around a little. All in all it was a nice day on the lake. Here's a few more photos.

The four of us aboard the "The Giant Stride"


Katherine modeling the Sunglasses she found at Starnes Island!


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