Sacramento/Folsom: Want to log some local dives?

Dack · May 11, 2011

I'm looking for other Sac area folks who are interested in logging some local dives. I'll be doing Rescue Diver next weekend @ Dolphin, and my next goal is to work towards Divemaster cert.

I'd love to spend every weekend at some exotic locale, or even Monterey but just don't have the time and $$$. I'm hoping to find others interested in some more casual local dives: get started early, log a couple dives, and get back home before the wife and kids even know you're gone. Unfortunately I don't have any local dive buddies yet.

I live 5 minutes from Folsom Lake and Lake Natomas. I also really enjoyed diving Lake Tahoe and would love to explore other lakes between Sac and Tahoe. Practicing buoyancy and trim? Geocaching? Looking for lost treasure near popular swim spots? Just tooling around under water? Let's do it.

Send me a PM or post here and we'll hook up. Thanks!!!

- Dack

reefvagabond · Jun 1, 2011

Hey Dack, I'm in the Sac area every now and then (weekends). If you're interested I could ping you and see if you're interested in a dive. I've never done fresh water before but I would like to check out Folsom Lake. I'm a pretty new diver with maybe 20 dives logged. 5 in Thailand, 15 in Monterey.

raftingtigger · Jun 13, 2011

Dack,

PM me. I just finished my DM at Dolphin and want to do some lake exploring. Places I've got in mind this summer are Tahoe, Blue Lakes, Lower Bear River Reservoir, Sly Lake, and Sugar Pine. This weekend Sugar Pine (boat launch) was 40' viz, warmish (68F surface), with some fish. Great place to get experience and/or configure gear.

Raftingtigger

pfhil · Jun 16, 2011

Hey Dack and other dudes,

I'm in the Sac. area too, looking to get geared up and into the water.

- P

Diver1974 · Aug 22, 2011

Don't know if any of you have read this post in awhile, but I would drive to Sac to get some dives in with you all!!!! Let me know!

raftingtigger · Aug 23, 2011

Diver1974

PM me. We might find something between our locations (Berryessa and Clear Lake). Lakes are a place to get wet and get comfortable. That makes the CA coast easier and less stressful. Lake Folsom is warm now and easy entry. Viz is about 8-10'.

I also have some new divers I try to get out for experience. If you want a specific dive with only one other diver, then let me know. O/w I try to bring some other new divers with me (I'm a youth group leader and we have divers in the group).

Diver1974:
Don't know if any of you have read this post in awhile, but I would drive to Sac to get some dives in with you all!!!! Let me know!

Diver1974 · Sep 2, 2011

Raftingtigger,

I PM'd you but I don't know if you got it, let me know because I am interested in meeting up for some dives!

Greg

Peter_C · Sep 2, 2011

FWIW Clear Lake is not a lake I would go diving in. It is shallow, and has a lot of weeds growing in it. Vis could be as little as 2' right now or even less.

Berryessa has a muddy bottom and silts really easily. Not much to see other than lots of garbage and a few bass. In the past we have done cleanup dives there, but the original dive shop that held them has since stepped away from running the event. The vis in 15' of water is about 15' and quickly deteriorates from there down to about 2' at 40' of depth.

Diver1974 · Sep 2, 2011

That sucks! Not a very promising outlook on my weekend for diving................

raftingtigger · Sep 2, 2011

Diver1974:
Raftingtigger,

I PM'd you but I don't know if you got it, let me know because I am interested in meeting up for some dives!

Greg

Got it and sent a visitor message back. I can do a late afternoon/evening/night dive at Lake Folsom this and next Tuesday (9/6 and 9/13). I can also dive on Sept 17, 18, 19 and/or Sept 25, 26.

--Raftingtigger

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