Windy Point Park

I've got a friend who is looking for some diving in a reasonably close
proximity to West Texas (outside of Balmorhea) and he was asking me about
this location. IIRC, there's at least one person who's been diving in
Travis and, also IIRC, they've said that the vis is basically zero. I just
wanted to verify that information (or get the correct information) before
advising my friend. Any help out there?

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:36:55 -0500, Chris Guynn wrote:

> I've got a friend who is looking for some diving in a reasonably close
> proximity to West Texas (outside of Balmorhea) and he was asking me about
> this location. IIRC, there's at least one person who's been diving in
> Travis and, also IIRC, they've said that the vis is basically zero. I
> just wanted to verify that information (or get the correct information)
> before advising my friend. Any help out there?

Nawh, the vis is not zero... The Brazos River around here is zero...
Travis is clear water compared to it...

It's dark, so bring a light... It's cold at depth, so a 3mm is minimum
past 60 ft or so... Dillon dives up there quite a bit, IIRC... After the
dive, stop by the Salt Lick for dinner...

http://www.saltlickbbq.com

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:54:33 -0500, Grumman-581
<grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:36:55 -0500, Chris Guynn wrote:
>
>> I've got a friend who is looking for some diving in a reasonably close
>> proximity to West Texas (outside of Balmorhea) and he was asking me about
>> this location. IIRC, there's at least one person who's been diving in
>> Travis and, also IIRC, they've said that the vis is basically zero. I
>> just wanted to verify that information (or get the correct information)
>> before advising my friend. Any help out there?
>
>Nawh, the vis is not zero... The Brazos River around here is zero...
>Travis is clear water compared to it...
>
>It's dark, so bring a light... It's cold at depth, so a 3mm is minimum
>past 60 ft or so... Dillon dives up there quite a bit, IIRC... After the
>dive, stop by the Salt Lick for dinner...
>
>http://www.saltlickbbq.com

The viz can be okay there, but I wouldn't expect more than about 15-20
feet on a good day. There are a lot of students, though, so the water
murks up pretty quickly on the weekends.

I thought I had heard that they were trying to sell it and it was
about to close, but the website is still active. Has anyone else
heard anything about that?