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Local Dive Highlights: Graveyards, Shark Teeth, Bowling Alleys

from the May, 2010 issue of Undercurrent  

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We know many divers are forgoing warm-water dive trips overseas but at the same time they’re eschewing local diving, which they find either cold or boring. So we asked readers how they have fun diving locally. Here are a few responses.

Reese Davis (Greenville, SC) likes two lakes in South Carolina for their assortment of objects and conditions. “Lake Jocassee has two boat ramps for divers, and a portion of the cove is buoy-protected. The Wall has a Chinese junk at 50 feet, a basketball goal, two motorcycles and a unique underwater “flamingo crossing.” At 135 feet is the Mt. Carmel graveyard made famous in the movie Deliverance. Divers call Lake Keowee, in the shadow of Oconee Nuclear Station, the “Hot Hole” because the water in the winter will average 70 degrees while the surrounding waters are usually 50 degrees. A favorite activity is to drop off a ledge at 18 feet and swim down and into the current for a wild 100-foot-long ride.” ...