Shore Dives
Boulder Beach - Boulder Beach is the swimming area down near
the two marinas at Lake Mead. It is located to the left of the
marinas on the other side of where the Jet skis are. It is a great
calm dive, as it is a very shallow sloping dive on what used to
be the parking area. Since it is in the swimming area, there are
no boats to worry about, so it’s a great place to practice and
work on your skills if you have not been diving in a while. If
you follow the road into the water, out into the swimming area,
then make a square to the left and you will get about 20 feet of
water. There is a bunch of fish out there too!
Kingman Wash - It has been great in the wash! Visability has
been 45’ and it is really warming up! It is located just over the
Dam on the Arizona side. Just follow the road down to the
wash. (Bumpy, but worth it!)
When we were last there, the water level was really high and
the visibility was great!
Scuba Beach is back! - Now that the water is up, Scuba
Beach is back in existence. It is a little silty, ans a bunch of
brush, but tons of fish. It is located in the cove to the left of
Boulder Beach (looking from the beach to the water). There is a
turn off from Lake Mead, follow th signs down.
Boat Dives
Batch Plant- There is some amazing dives in Lake Mead that you
need a boat to reach. One is the Batch Plant directly across
from the Marina. You can still see the circular structure from
the other side. A few months ago, a lot more of it was out of
the water. There is a mooring ball right next to it in about 85’
of water. You can drop down there and do a compass heading
to the structures. It is a great dive and you can do a shallower
dive there as well as deeper.
LAKE MEAD
Due to the lack of rain and snowfall over the past 10 years,
the lakes water level had dropped over 149 feet. (Did you
notice the “bathtub ring” around it?) Places that people
used to dive, boat and fish were then up in the cliffs. They
even had to move an entire marina! This year, they had an
unprecedented amount of snowfall in the Colorado
Rockies, which had enabled them to raise the water level
once again. It was up is up almost 50’ but has been
lowered about 15’ now.
We will be adding more sites to this page as we find out
about them. Remember, we are relatively new to the
area, so we are learning them along with you. Some of
the listings will be based upon our new experiences and
some, yours! If you know of any, please let us know at
ScubaFy@gmail.com or on Facebook/Scuba Fy.
In a effort not to delay the launch of our new site, we
have limited local sites listed. More will follow soon!
Be sure to check us out on Facebook, as we are always
trying to put divers together looking for buddies!
Here is a great video from the park
service on the Plant.