SCUBA diving "Texas Style"

[LilIrishTemper]

I've been diving all over the world, warm water, cold water, but this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. A decommisioned nuclear missle silo in Texas.

Take the Plunge In A Nuclear Missile Silo in Texas

 

[Dcav]

My GF is a dive master, she mentioned diving this years ago as well. I hear the story at least once a week.

 

[ROGER4314]

After I earned Master SCUBA Diver and Divemaster ratings, I wanted to become certified in Non destructive testing to inspect the insides of water towers. Those are also deep dives at the base depth. Neat pics. Thanks for sharing about the silo diving!

Flash

 

[Jakashh]

After I earned Master SCUBA Diver and Divemaster ratings, I wanted to become certified in Non destructive testing to inspect the insides of water towers. Those are also deep dives at the base depth. Neat pics. Thanks for sharing about the silo diving!

Flash

That actually sounds like a very cool job!

 

[San Antone RR]

That's pretty cool. Sucks that our tax dollars built a missile silo that was only in use for 2 years before decommissioning.

 

[Rum Runner]

I'll stick to diving in Cozumel, thanks.

 

[LilIrishTemper]

Man, I've gotten to dive in the Great Lakes in a drysuit 78° on the surface in summer and mid 30 @ depth. But the cold water makes the wrecks like some 1880's schooners look like they just sank yesterday. Wrecks are my thing, cold, warm I'm not fussy.

 

[Skip]

When I got my cert it was at medina lake I could hardly see 3 feet, and only got to look at some restaurant equipment around that little island in the middle of the lake.

 

[TrailDust]

When I got my cert it was at medina lake I could hardly see 3 feet, and only got to look at some restaurant equipment around that little island in the middle of the lake.

I almost died offshore from that island at Medina lake when I was a kid. I was on a sailboat that flipped over and I was caught underneath the sail, the "suction" I guess you'd call it of the sail preventing my head from pushing up and forming an air pocket. My sister swam underneath and saved my ass. Off topic, yes, but your comment just brought back a flood of memories.

 

[biglucky]

I just did open water in Thailand and am going back there in January for 6 weeks to get to MSD and divemaster. This seems like it might be an interesting dive.

 

[M. Sage]

Man, I've gotten to dive in the Great Lakes in a drysuit 78° on the surface in summer and mid 30 @ depth. But the cold water makes the wrecks like some 1880's schooners look like they just sank yesterday. Wrecks are my thing, cold, warm I'm not fussy.

I'm from around there, never done any diving. A lot of people love diving the wrecks (and there are a ton of wrecks to dive!).

IIRC, the holy grail up there is finding the Grifon. IIRC, the first big boat on the big Lakes.