Norris Lake

Norris Lake, also known as Norris Reservoir, is a reservoir that is located in Tennessee, United States. The lake was created by the Norris Dam at the Cove Creek Site on the Clinch River in 1936 by the Tennessee Valley Authority for flood control, water storage, and hydroelectric power. Typically low-vis diving.

Norris lake’s main fish species are the black bass, the striped bass, crappie, walleye, and sunfish.

Level

Level

  • Advanced
Visibility

Visibility

  • 2 m
Current

Current

  • Light Current
  • No Current
DIVE TYPES

DIVE TYPES

  • Lake

Temperature & Visibility

Wildlife Diversity

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Philadelphia Quarry

Philadelphia Quarry, Tennessee’s premier diving site for all scuba divers. Located on Harris Road , Philadelphia, Tennessee, USA. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PhiladelphiaQuarry/

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Loch Low-Minn

Loch Lowe-Minn is a quarry designed just for Scuba divers. It is a great facility with 22 picnic tables available for use by those who make a reservation or if they have them left over.

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Gray Quarry is a 501-c3 non-profit organization that seeks to promote the sport of scuba diving by providing a safe family-friendly fun environment for recreational scuba diving and training. All money from dive entry fees goes to maintaining the quarry and making dive site improvements.

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South Holston Dam

South Holston Lake is a shore accessible fresh water dive site, located in Bristol, TN. The maximum depth is 121-130ft/30-40m,The average visibility is 16-20ft/5-6m.The shoreline is only partially developed and much of the reservoir is bordered by the Cherokee National Forest.

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Lake Jocassee

Lake Jocassee is a man-made lake. The lake is over 360 feet deep with visibility ranging from 20 feet to over 50 feet at depth. There are several ramps here, one is set aside for divers and there is enough to keep divers coming back again and again.

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Devil’s Fork State Park

Lake Jocassee is a beautiful mountain lake nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. Divers here will typically experience 5’-30 foot visibility and a wide variety of depths, terrain, and temperatures.

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Lake Jocassee is a beautiful mountain lake in South Carolina. You will need a boat to see the graveyard at about 130ft to 150ft. Some of the headstones are still there. You can do both boat dives and shore dives.

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junkyard

This site provides something for divers of all levels. While there are numerous sunken boats, the main attraction is the Chinese Junk imported decades ago and after multiple sinkings finally came to reset here. Other entertaining sites here include vending machines, tic-tac-toe table, and Halloween cemetery.

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Lake Keowee

Lake Keowee is a man-made reservoir located in south Carolina. it was developed to serve the needs of power utility and public recreational purposes. It is approximately 26 miles long, 3 miles wide, with an average depth of 54 feet. its located approximately 800 feet above sea level.

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This is a great place to extend your diving because of the warmer water in the wintertime, also making this a great place to do Open Water training in the winter.

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