Dive Galveston?

[TexasXpress]

My husband will be working out of Houston for an extended period of time, I'll be visiting; is there anywhere in the area that you would recommend diving?

Thanks for your input!

 

[Cap335]

As summer gets here the gulf calms down enough to schedule day trips out to oil platforms or wrecks out of Galveston or Freeport and of course the Flower Gardens is a nice 2 day trip.
There are 3 local dive lakes in the Houston area Lake 288. Twin Lakes and Mammoth lake.

Randy

 

[parrotheaddiver]

is Mammoth still opened ??

a mod might want to move this thread to the Texas Swamp Divers forum

 

[Phreatic Fanatic]

Yes, Mammoth Lake is open.

 

[driftwood]

You might want to look at taking the Diving for Science : Aquarena Center : Texas State University class. Some of the best water in Texas and the San Marcos, Gruene and New Braunfeld area is a nice weekend escape from Houston.

 

[TxAggieDiver2011]

You might want to look at taking the Diving for Science : Aquarena Center : Texas State University class. Some of the best water in Texas and the San Marcos, Gruene and New Braunfeld area is a nice weekend escape from Houston.

Is this an AAUS Scientific Diver course? Sorry I looked through the page and didn't see exactly what the certification is.

 

[Aggiebq86]

I think this is mainly an internal course to prepare you for the specific concerns of diving in the springs so you don't damage habitat or species there.

 

[andercb1]

When I took the science diver class I believe I remember them mentioning that you could get an SSI certification.

 

[DM Gary]

The diving for science class is an SSI specialty. It's exclusive to Aquarena Springs and is geared to teach divers how to identify and preserve the several endangered species of animals and plants that live in Spring Lake. Once certified divers can volunteer to help out in the lake with projects such as cleaning out heavy weeds and bacteria growths. In exchange you get free air and diving in the clearest freshwater in Texas. When I went through the class, someone mentioned that PADI was in the process of making it a specialty but that was almost 3 years ago and the last I heard of it.

 

[diver 85]

Head down to Freeport & dive the Flower Gardens.......gulf-diving.com..