Athens Scuba Park — Attraction in Athens

My wife and I along with other friends spent 3 days here, we had campers and camped there, dove every day, and even night dives as well. As far as diving goes, I don't know what else you could ask for a fresh water location, plenty of wrecks to dive, jets, bus, sailboats, even a tunnel system to simulate caves. visibility was great, at least 15-20 feet, of course if you get a lot of folks in they will kick it up some, but that's the same anywhere you go and it settles fairly quick. Just a great site to dive and have fun. They do have a full dive shop, on site showers and rest rooms, as well as a gear rinsing station, some covered areas, picnic tables, and even a grill to use if you dont have one. They are close to an active railroad track, and the train does come thru at night, and uses the horn, so know that if you stay overnight. Its not the cheapest place to dive, but It is worth it as far as we are concerned, Its got to be a lot of work to maintain and operate a place like this. and your entry fee gets you snorkel equipment, kayaks, life vests, swimming noodles, if you like. As far as the staff and customer service goes, Calvin and Shannon are amazing folks, very friendly and helpful, they want you to be there and they want you to have a great time. We were there for my wife's birthday and our anniversary, when They found out it was her birthday, they came to our camper and surprised her with a birthday cupcake, and a shirt. Truly great people who care. We are already planning another trip later this summer. This truly is a great place and super...

As much as I want to give this place all of the stars, you don't find many if any places in texas to dive aircraft and buses and the like inland, it was just a bit horrid. The amount of barbed wire and random pallets and discarded scrap around the grounds was a bit overwhelming. It was $40 for the electrical unit for the RV, which doesnt have a water hookup, plus it's a whole thing to walk from the water. And then there's the 20 a day fee plus 5 to dive per person. The visibility was at best 5 foot, we had a four person crew and easily lost each other with barely a kick cycle. Not their fault of course since it is a clay based quarry. The pricing was just disappointing since we live near canyon lake which we can dive for free with better visibility. If youre from the San antonio area, you get what that means. The train..... I didn't sleep the whole night. Ive been here before amd the regular camping spot was only 5 dollars which is very far from the train... But the RV spots that are very over priced are literally a stones throw from the RV spots. Take an Ambien or sleeping aide if you want to RV camp. The staff are completely amazing, incredibly helpful and overwhelmingly...

Finally made it to the Athens Scuba Park with my son for some dives. It has been on my list to check out this dive spot and I have to say I was pretty impressed.

The site is a clay bottom lake on the site of where an old brick factory used to operate. Depths are fairly shallow between 20-35ft with a noticeable thermocline around 20 ft. Visibility was a pretty good for a Texas lake 15-20 ft and better than other spots I have been to near Dallas.

The site is very well maintained and they have tons of sunken ships, planes, dive through pipes, etc.. there are a number of docks around the lake that have picnic tables and covered pavilions for use. Dive shop was very well equipped and has any supplies you might need for purchase or rental, and staff was very helpful. They have a dive pool for training as well which is great to see. Overall great day of diving and we will be back. Would definitely recommend you...