Colorado annually has among the highest number of divers per capita in the nation. Our state motto is that we are just a plane flight away from great scuba.
The access issue is that you have to be under the supervision of an approved instructor. That does not mean you have to be diving with that instructor--you just have to be there with that instructor and can't go on your own. There are a number of such instructors you can hook up with. (I am one of them.)
Unfortunately, I learned this weekend that a dive shop in Albuquerque lost access to the lake recently because of a flagrant violation of the owner's rules for use. That is the reason that everyone I know who has access follows those rules religiously.
Rock Lake is a great dive site, and not just because of its size and depth. It has beautiful rock formations and other features to explore. I have been diving there for about 10 years and am looking forward to a summer of exploration of areas I have never visited.Blue Hole isn't ideal for anything other then training, but rock lake is a lot bigger. Unfortunately it has access issues,...
The access issue is that you have to be under the supervision of an approved instructor. That does not mean you have to be diving with that instructor--you just have to be there with that instructor and can't go on your own. There are a number of such instructors you can hook up with. (I am one of them.)
Unfortunately, I learned this weekend that a dive shop in Albuquerque lost access to the lake recently because of a flagrant violation of the owner's rules for use. That is the reason that everyone I know who has access follows those rules religiously.