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Lake Whitney - Soldiers Bluff Park - Laguna Park TX


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Lake Whitney - Soldiers Bluff Park is a shore accessible fresh water dive site, located in Laguna Park, TX. This dive site has an average rating of 3.00 out of 5 from 2 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 81-90ft/25-27m. The average visibility is 5-10ft/2-3m.

Just off Hwy 22 on west side of dam. Great Wall diving. GPS
31 51’ 55.49" N
97 22’ 28.78" W

Shore entry was easy on 1/25/2015 but it may be difficult or impossible depending on the lake level.

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Bowling82 - 7/27/2018 9:11 PM
Went here on 7-24-2018 viz was about 2 feet. Take a mesh bag with you, their was alot of beer bottles and other trash.
BillParker - 9/30/2015 9:25 AM
I went scuba diving here on 9/28/2015. Average viz: Under 5ft/2m. Water temp: 76-80°F/24-27°C.
Horrendous vis. The water is warm this time of year but still a freaky dive. If you can dive this you can dive anything.
BillParker - 3/29/2015 7:21 PM
I went scuba diving here on 3/25/2015. Average viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water temp: 50-55°F/10-13°C.
One of my craziest dives ever. The objective was to explore the deeper areas near the dam. Instead everything went wrong. The moment after I got in the water I discovered I forgot my computer. But I decided to share a computer and went ahead since it was so unlikely I would blow my NDLs anyway. (Cold would most likely be the limiting factor.) On the way to the deeper area my buddy thumbed the dive and told me lost his torch. So we changed the objective of the dive to finding his torch. But I was having trouble equalizing my ear and lost sight of him before I could re-descend. I was eventually able to re-descend. So I searched for his torch without him. Amazingly I found it. Even more amazingly I found my buddy again. So we started heading towards the dam again. My buddy was having trouble operating his new computer and kept stopping to play with it. Once he had stopped for what seemed like forever. I was getting frustrated when I realized he was hung up in fishing line. I had been staring at him struggle for a couple of minutes and didn’t even understand what was happening. So it was Bill to the rescue.
BillParker - 3/29/2015 7:21 PM
It was wrapped around his tank valve. I pulled one line off and, for the first time ever, used my dive tool to cut the other line. It was a bitch to manipulate the knife with 5mm gloves on. Wow it only took 260 dives before a knife finally came in handy. With that problem solved we’re heading to the dam again and finally started going deep. We found the main trunk of a once giant tree that’s still rooted but the branches are all gone. Shortly after that we found some kind of vehicle. A car or truck I’m not sure because I didn’t have much time to examine it. Then my buddy thumbed the dive again. After all that trouble we had only been to the target area maybe five minutes and he was running low on air already. Normally he lasts a long time but all the stress distracted him from focusing on efficient air consumption. We only got to 59 feet and explored a tiny area because of all the problems we encountered. We want to go back and continue this project but not until after it warms up.
BillParker - 1/25/2015 4:08 PM
I went scuba diving here on 1/25/2015. Average viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water temp: Under 50°F/10°C.
The vis 5-15 feet. It got better when you got deeper but there was hardly any light except what came from your torch. This was a creeper dive. I call it that because you had to creep along very slowly or you’d lose your buddy. Also because it’s really creepy shining your torch into the depths and not being able to see the bottom. Maybe a monster was down there. Or maybe the boogey man lol. When you brush your leg against something unexpectedly it really gets your attention. (What touched my leg! Oh, it was just my buddys fin.) I only saw two small 4" fish. So I still haven’t found my answer to the question of where the fish go in the winter. We were also looking for treasure but found nothing but typical items that you bring to a lake and lose. There are overhangs underwater. You can travel slowly horizontally and get underneath one without knowing it and suddenly realize it’s pitch blach (instead of brown/green) above you and you’re in a kind of mini-cave/grotto. Creeeepy. I collected three dirty masks and tossed them in the trash after the dive. The water was as cold as 46F. The air temp was 65F and it felt really good when you got out. It was a fun dive but it’s not for everyone.
Greg - 1/26/2015 6:39 AM
Wow, sounds like an adrenaline pumping dive. Lake Travis is like that sometimes. Dark, deep abyss...scary tree stumps, steep drop offs with overhangs. It’s good to get the heart going :)