Lake Travis

About 20 miles Northwest of Austin, TX is Lake Travis. The lake features 270 miles of shoreline with an average depth of 62 feet, according to LakeTravis.com¹.

Why to Dive at Travis
Lake Travis has a variety of dive areas, and offers divers a chance to experience many of Texas' great aquatic creatures. One of those dive areas is Windy Point Park², where you can

...find boat wrecks and unique metal sculptures of a scuba diver, a sea turtle, a shark and a manatee along with ...a jet ski, some small boats, a larger sailboat, a Pinto, and more!

Windy Point Park on Lake Travis is shown below (a bit above the red "A" in the center), and note that this map shows only a portion of the lake.

Source: Google Maps

Transportation on Travis
The business Lake Travis Scuba³ is one option, because they provide boat transportation to multiple dive areas on Lake Travis. Their boat, called the Giant Stride, is "a 30-foot Pontoon Boat customized for scuba diving."

Local Divers
You can also find dive buddies for your Lake Travis dive trip by contacting local dive groups. One such group is the Bay Area Divers club, which has members always diving and welcoming newcomers to join in. Two other dive groups you can check out are the CHUM Club and the Austin Scuba Club.

Parks and Amenities
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and Travis County Parks maintain 15 park areas on Lake Travis.  A map and descriptions of these 15 parks is on the Texas Parks and Wildlife website.

Resources Summary

• Lake Travis history, numeric details (length, depth, etc), and recreation links: http://www.laketravis.com/main_recreation.htm
  
• Official Windy Point Park website, featuring an underwater map, current events, lake conditions, and more: http://www.windypointpark.com/default.asp
  
• A map of Windy Point Park and directions to the area (a PDF): http://www.laketravisscuba.com/images/LakeTravis-Windy_Point%20Map.pdf
  
• Lake Travis Scuba - the company providing boat transportation and other services: http://www.laketravisscuba.com/index.html
  
• Public access facilities on Lake Travis - Fifteen parks with details: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/travis/access.phtml

Footnotes

[1] All About Lake Travis. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2011, from http://www.laketravis.com/main_about.htm

[2] Windy Point Park. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2011, from http://www.windypointpark.com/scuba.asp
[3] The Boat. (n.d.). Lake Travis Scuba. Retrieved March 25, 2011, from http://www.laketravisscuba.com/about.html