Diving in East TN or Western NC, VA

[dive-ssi-w-me]

Greetings.

I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas where there are some good (at least decent) dive sites in TN, SW VA, or W NC. I live in East Tennessee and the only place to dive that is somewhat close to me is an area lake with vis that is 10' of good days, 6" on days that aren't so good.

You assistance is greatly appreciated.

MGM

 

[plsdiver4377]

We dive most of time in Lake Jocassee. It's located in upstate SC about an 1 1/2 hours from Asheville, Hendersonville, NC. The vis is usually around 15-20' on good days and less than 10' on bad days. It offers both shore and boat diving areas with a wide range of depths depending on what you want to do, with a couple dive platforms and a sunken 'Chinese Junk', and various other things to see. Lake Keowee is also divable but the vis is considerably less even on a good day.

I believe the next nearest place to dive is a quarry in the Charlotte area.

 

[Novus]

Hey, I'm from the Western NC area. Yeah, as far as I know Jocassee is the main spot. I know of a dive shop that does dives at Lake James (McDowell Co., NC), but that's about all I know about that lake. Here's their webpage: Link. I'd love to hear of some more local spots or maybe meet some buddies around here.

 

[Don Burke]

If you're looking for a little spot to get wet, some of the listings here look promising.

http://swimmingholes.org/

 

[divad]

http://swimmingholes.org/

That's a beautiful thing. Thanks.

 

[dive-ssi-w-me]

Thank you for all the responses. I look forward to checking out the links provided.

dive-ssi-w-me
Matthew Mahaley

 

[Don Burke]

It wouldn't surprise me to find some wallets and jewelry in these swimming holes.

 

[Tekk Diver]

Lake Jocassee is a nice dive... if you happen to bring a boat, check out the waterfall at one of the far end coves of the lake. (Get a map, and ask a local)... It's one of the taller falls in the area, I hear..

Plus, it makes a decent surface interval.