Local diving in Arizona
Local Dive Sites Some People May say that Arizona does not have meany places to dive or that they do not know where to go. so we have done our best to inform our fellow diveres of where to dive here in Arizona. These are the current places the Ed's Are Diving. Click...
Ranger station Wall
This seems to be Scorpion Bay This is how you get there: as soon as you turn left from peninsula rd towards the road that goes to dirty shirt, you have to take the first gravel road to the right, drive on that road as far as you can get, which will take you close to...
Scorpion Bay
Go to this link for a fantastic over view of Scorpion bay by Garrett. http://www.getbentscuba.com/scorpion_bay.php The best dive site in LP May be gone forever because of new marina 33º 52' 21.12" N 112º 17' 37.18" W Is (Was) know as some of the best diving at lake...
Dirty Shirt
To get to Dirty Shirt, drive past South Park Rd. (the road you turn on to get to Desert Tortoise). After you loop around on that road and start heading towards the lake again you'll see a road on the left. That goes to Dirty Shirt. It's easy to miss because you almost...
10 lane Boat Ramp
Either side of the ramp you can get some depth.... This last weekend we dove on the east side of the ramp...the right side.... there is a gated ramp off to the right...we carried our gear do the bottom of that road where the gate is and dove off the left side .... you...
Beismeyer Point
One of my favorite sites. Biesmeyer Point looks like old “Sparky” the ASU Sun Devil (my alma mater). Head with horns. Off the right horn (east) there is a road that goes underwater and comes up about 3/4 of a mile away. When the water is high, the deepest depth is...
Spill ways
The spillways are just to the west of the 10 lane boat ramp. It's kind of an unofficial campground for people with travel trailers and RVs because it is cement. There are two, one dirt, one cement.
Two cows Rd.
We checked out Desert Tort. but that place was a zoo. So we went over the ridge to Two Cow instead, the cove is ok, we found the road and followed it north hit about 60 feet or so (65 max Nitek), found some walls not much else. Second dive we swam out towards Deseert...
DT Desert Tortoise
Garrett Desert Tortoise Rd This site is heavily used by dive shops for there classes. It is starting to be discovered by “non-divers”. It can get quite crowded as the morning goes by. There is a channel that is accessible during the late summer/fall (low lake level)...
New Dam
I've done 180' by the Dam (not the old dam), diving next to the main (south) marina boat ramp. (Winter) I've done 150' diving in the marina (Spring)I've done 140' at Vista Point (Winter and Summer) The best I have gotten on the west side is 70' over by Desert Tortoise...
Spring Canyon Landing
East of Vista Point [also known as sunrise Cove] The spring canyon area would be optimal for an OW student as that cove has at least 200' of length between 10 - 25' in depth before it drops off. This is not good for AOW if you going to do a deep dive because you burn...
Vista point
The old topo above is before the old 1922 dam was breached. As you can see, Vista Point is roughly in the shape of a dogs head (in red current shore line). “The Trench” (in yellow), is a ravine that ran down to the river. The dark lines are 100’ apart, each line 20’....
“1702” Site
The 1702 marker is a deep wall dive. A few weekends ago, I did a wall dive at the "1702" site. I could be wrong, supposed to be a little wreck at the bottom of the sign (120'+) and some little caves in the wall on the way down. It's at the north end of the lake, the...
The Origin Of Scuba Diving
I have been enjoying the sport of SCUBA diving for many years now both recreationally and professionally. SCUBA diving is possible today because of the extensive research, study and sometimes the lives of many others. I look at this much the same way as the Chinese...
Old Waddell Dam
The old dam is easy to find with a dept finder. Just come out north about 700 yards from new dam, look at both sides of the lake (when the water is low), line up the two hills that made the old embutments and you are there. When the lake is up, the top of the dam will...