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'Texas Oldest Dive Shop Visits Texas Newest Dive Site' |
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Ever had the desire to dive a submarine, a jet airplane, and
multiple wrecks? Think have to go to Truk Lagoon to dive thee? Not anymore, the
visibility may not be as good as Truk Lagoon but the new dive site 'Mammoth
Lake' has all of these and a lot more to dive. Among the other things there are
sunken buses, fire trucks, metal art sculptures such as turtle, a giant King
Kong, and of course a couple mammoths. This new lake is approximately 3 hours
from Corpus Christi. The lake gets its name due to the discovery of mammoth
fossils unearthed in 2003. The lake started as a sand pit in the early 1950's.
During the removal of the sand and clay to be sold an excavator discovered two
mammoth tusks which led to a dig by Texas A&M. The dig led to findings of
the remains of 2 mammoths, giant 3 toed sloth's, bison, camels, a 5' tall
armadillo and an old wooden bowl believed to be over 4,000 years old. The lake
has been filling since Dec. 2006 and just opened for diving in 2008. The maximum
depth is about 60 feet but the average is 35 feet.
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