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• Nov 26, 2002

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I am getting transfered to Colorado this summer and want to know if anyone has any experience with the diving there. I grew up there, but i was not a diver then. Are any of the lakes deep enough to do any deco dives in. I would like to be able to keep praticeing skills in between trips to the ocean. Currently I have the luxury of diving in Okinawa, Japan, and I will miss the nice warm water. Well anyway any info I can get would be greatly appreciated.

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• Nov 26, 2002

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Iguana Don and Roakey... you get to dive an aquarium!!!

 

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• Nov 26, 2002

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Yeah there are some lakes that are deep enough for deco. Although the viz is usually pretty bad and there isn't much to see in them. Good practice in some of the shallow ones for touch contact, navigation, etc... Some of the popular sites are aurora res, carter lake, navajo lake, pueblo res. A lot of people go down to NM in Santa Rosa to Blue Hole where the viz is always good and never freezes.
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• Nov 26, 2002

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I've been in Aurora(Denver metro area), Chatfield(also), Carter, Jefferson (fun high altitude), Twin Lakes (more high altitude, and ice), Blue Mesa, Rifle Gap, Wellington, and Turquoise. Been to Blue Hole in NM way too many times.

Hope you have a drysuit. Some of these can be done in a heavy wetsuit in later summer. Vis ain't so hot, you can sure work on skills, we are really low water-level wise this year, but you can get down to 200' some places.

And there's still Wyoming.

If you'd like, mail me at scubaturek@underctek.com for more, or if you think it would be of general interest, post it.

Glad to help,
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• Nov 27, 2002

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Has anyone ever dove in Lake Powell. I know when I use to go there the water eas always real clear, but I was not a diver then.

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• Nov 27, 2002

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Vis was pretty bad but we didn't go very deep and we were back in one of the canyons.
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