About Who's Been Here Photos Dive Log Revisions Spring Lake (aka: Aquarena Springs) 921 Aquarena Springs Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666 512-245-7570 | More Info Max Depth: 31-35ft/9-11m Average Viz: 36-40ft/11-12m Entry Type: Shore Bottom Composition: Sand Aquatic Life: Plenty To See Rating: 4.07 by 45 divers Spring: 71-75°F/22-24°C Summer: 71-75°F/22-24°C Fall: 71-75°F/22-24°C Winter: 71-75°F/22-24°C View All 45 Members JohnRTexas: Avg Viz: 71-80ft/22-24m. Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. 7/14/2022 Curt72 1/15/2022 HeatherSexxxyDiverGirl: Avg Viz: 31-35ft/9-11m. Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. 5/26/2018 wuzaracer: Avg Viz: 21-25ft/6-8m. Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. 6/30/2017 wuzaracer: Avg Viz: 26-30ft/8-9m. Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. 5/25/2017 vands01: Avg Viz: 81-90ft/25-27m. Water Temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. 4/01/2017 vands01: Avg Viz: 81-90ft/25-27m. Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. 3/25/2017 Kang2995: Avg Viz: 51-60ft/16-18m. Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. 2/19/2017 wuzaracer: Avg Viz: 21-25ft/6-8m. I wore a Fullsuit - 5/4. 2/17/2017 wuzaracer 1/31/2017 wuzaracer 1/21/2017 wuzaracer 1/21/2017 cathy_crippen: Avg Viz: 41-50ft/12-15m. Water Temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. 3/26/2016 cathy_crippen: Avg Viz: 61-70ft/19-21m. Water Temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. 1/31/2016 cathy_crippen: Avg Viz: 51-60ft/16-18m. Water Temp: 61-65°F/16-18°C. 12/13/2015 cmulvaney 12/12/2015 cathy_crippen: Avg Viz: 71-80ft/22-24m. Water Temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. 11/19/2015 Xzadist: Avg Viz: 16-20ft/5-6m. Water Temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. 7/11/2014 CC 6/15/2011 8/20/2014 3:12 PM Greg 6/23/2014 9:13 AM Greg 6/16/2010 1:30 PM

Spring Lake (aka: Aquarena Springs) is a shore accessible fresh water dive site, located at 921 Aquarena Springs Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666. This dive site has an average rating of 4.07 out of 5 from 45 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 31-35ft/9-11m. The average visibility is 36-40ft/11-12m. This dive site provides bathrooms and airfills. Training platforms are available.

Certified divers who are interested in conservation are invited to take our Spring Lake Dive
Authorization Course. Those who successfully complete the course will become part of
The Meadows Center’s Aqua Corps and will work as citizen scientists to help maintain and
monitor the aquatic resources of Spring Lake. E-mail us at DiveCoordinator@txstate.edu

You must take the Spring Lake Dive Authorization Course before you can dive here.

The course costs $230 but you are certified for life. There is no charge for future visits.

You have to have 30 logged dives to take the course. Before the course you have to
read a short book and answer some homework questions. It’s a one day course. Half
the day is classroom lecture and the other half is two dives. The course is easy but you
will need to demonstrate solid buoyancy skills during the first dive or you will fail. If you
pass the buoyancy tests the second dive is basically a nice guided tour.

San Marcos has hotels, restaurants, and everything else you need to stay here.

They have restricted hours of operation but you can get air fills and other scuba
support at The Dive Shop.
facebook.com/Dive-Shop-San-Marcos-192732454098262/

Comments

JohnRTexas - 7/17/2022 2:58 PM I went scuba diving here on 7/14/2022. Average viz: 71-80ft/22-24m. Water temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. Dove this for AOW skills. It’s like diving an aquarium! Great viz and lots of fish.

Curt72 - 3/18/2022 10:54 AM I went scuba diving here on 1/15/2022. Wonderful dive. Some dive students mucked up the water, but good times were had. It was colder above the water than it was in it.

JonG - 6/08/2021 7:27 PM Do you have to take the "Spring Lake Dive Authorization Course" to dive at this site? wuzaracer - 6/09/2021 6:10 AM Yes, The Spring Lake Dive Authorization Course is required. Plus one catch, we have volunteer tasks. After taking the DAC, we have to request a time to dive. Divers are given underwater maintenance tasks. Mainly plant and algae removal. Best $200 spent for local diving. I can dive all year round. You have to have all gear including scuba air tanks. No air fills at the lake. JonG - 6/09/2021 9:09 PM Sounds like a good deal if you’re local, but a bad deal for more distant visitors who might dive it once per year.

HeatherSexxxyDiverGirl - 6/01/2018 10:36 AM I went scuba diving here on 5/26/2018. Average viz: 31-35ft/9-11m. Water temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C.

komododiver - 4/15/2017 12:17 PM Rating Added: 3 Nice place for training.

vands01 - 4/03/2017 9:25 PM I went scuba diving here on 4/1/2017. Average viz: 81-90ft/25-27m. Water temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C.

vands01 - 4/03/2017 9:23 PM I went scuba diving here on 3/25/2017. Average viz: 81-90ft/25-27m. Water temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C.

wuzaracer - 2/17/2017 6:08 PM youtube.com/watch?v=PARiq-_z1iA Video from 1/31/2017

wuzaracer - 2/17/2017 6:01 PM I went scuba diving here on 2/17/2017. Average viz: 21-25ft/6-8m.

wuzaracer - 2/05/2017 10:12 AM I went scuba diving here on 1/31/2017. Volunteer dive, clean up at Arch and Deep Hole.

wuzaracer - 2/05/2017 10:11 AM I went scuba diving here on 1/21/2017. Completed the Dive Authorization Course

BillParker - 4/28/2016 7:52 AM I went scuba diving here on 4/27/2016. Average viz: 91-100ft/28-30m. Water temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. Weeds pulled and algae fanned. Arch site cleaned up. Superb viz as it always is here. I saw a blue gill poop explosively. ram04769 - 4/28/2016 7:56 AM Now that must have been a site to see. LOL BillParker - 4/29/2016 8:18 AM I think it must have eaten at Taco Bell.

cathy_crippen - 3/28/2016 10:40 PM I went scuba diving here on 3/26/2016. Average viz: 41-50ft/12-15m. Water temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C.

cathy_crippen - 2/17/2016 1:31 PM I went scuba diving here on 1/31/2016. Average viz: 61-70ft/19-21m. Water temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. part of our annual San Marcos Clean up

cathy_crippen - 12/17/2015 5:16 PM I went scuba diving here on 12/13/2015. Average viz: 51-60ft/16-18m. Water temp: 61-65°F/16-18°C. Did this for my birthday - finning and weeding!

cathy_crippen - 12/04/2015 3:56 PM I went scuba diving here on 11/19/2015. Average viz: 71-80ft/22-24m. Water temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. Participated in their Dive Authorization Course.

r0nn1ef - 6/12/2015 7:44 AM Rating Added: 4 Interesting dive site ... loved the required class prior to the dives; history, geology, and diving, who could ask for more?

BillParker - 3/29/2015 6:54 PM I went scuba diving here on 3/29/2015. Average viz: 91-100ft/28-30m. Water temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. Three dives in two days. I visited the usual suspects: cream of wheat, ossified forest, ancient river bed, catfish hotel, arc site, and some unnamed sculptures/junk that was a little north of the training area. Lots of cleanup and zillions of fish. This is the best Texas fresh water dive.

BillParker - 2/01/2015 7:18 PM I went scuba diving here on 2/1/2015. Average viz: 91-100ft/28-30m. Water temp: 71-75°F/22-24°C. There was so much silt after heavy coontail removal I’m not sure how much good I did but I tried to do some clean up at deep hole/arc site, catfish hotel, and cream of wheat. All I did was fan the silt off the sand. Hopefully it will drift down river. Wow was there plenty to see during general touring of deep hole, arc site, river bed, ossified forest, and areas I’m not sure of their name. Under the old dock I saw a school of 50 cichlids. Cool I had no idea they schooled before. There were zillions of bass, perch, and other fish. I also saw some turtles and an alligator gar. Vis was maybe 100 feet until we started stirring it up as part of maintenance efforts. This is an awesome dive site.

planodiver - 1/26/2015 11:05 AM This is an amazing place to dive. The newly revised course is well worth the price. Taylor and Sam have put together a great new program.