Nevada isn’t exactly the first place that comes to mind when choosing a diving destination, but there is a surprising number of good dive sites in the state. First, Nevada claims a good percentage of Lake Tahoe’s coastline, which is well known to be a great place to dive. But there are odd places here and there that you’d never think of, like Soda Lake, which hides the remnants of an entire processing plant, which is historically significant.
At the South end, Lake Mead is reported to be a great place to dive. At this point I have never made a dive in Lake Mead, but I know there is a B-29 bomber lying at around 200 feet that I am dying to visit. I think there’s a painful permitting process for that one though. I’ll look into it.
In any case, there’s diving in this desert. Who knew?
I’m just recently learning about Soda Lakes, the geology and history, and am interested in viewing dives there and the underwater archeology. Is it that uncommon to film dives locally that there seem to be little film posted from dives in Soda Lake?
Hi Leo, Soda Lake is a cool dive site, but it’s a bit out of the way and leaves a film on your dive gear. With Lake Tahoe so close, it sees much more diving activity. I have seen divers post videos of Soda Lake, so I’ll dig around a bit for you. If we have nice weather in the next few weeks, maybe I’ll try to get out there and shoot some video. If so, I’ll post it here. – Joe
Looks Cool Joe!