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New Dive Boat for Summersville Lake, WV New Dive Boat for Summersville Lake, WV
markallen53 - 8/11/2016 3:18 PM
Sarge’s Dive Shop, located on beautiful Summersville Lake, WV, now has a new dive vessel. This 39’x14’ aluminum pontoon boat was custom built in Tennessee exclusively for divers. The benches are designed to allow you to place your tanks in a tank well behind your back. The benches are wider and taller so you can store your gear bags underneath leaving plenty of room to move around with no gear to step over. The ladders are 30" wide with 6" deep rungs and extend 30" beneath the surface making it ...
Summersville Lake, "The Little Bahamas of the East!" Summersville Lake, "The Little Bahamas of the East!"
markallen53 - 3/24/2015 7:12 PM
Summersville Lake in Summersville, WV is the cleanest clearest freshwater lake east of the Mississippi River according to "Skin Diver Magazine." The lake has a depth of 300+ feet with visibility during the on-season summer months of June thru September of 20-40+ feet depending upon rainfall. If we get heavy rains, the visibility can drop anywhere from 10 to 15 feet. Surface temperatures vary from 70-78 degrees in June to 80-85+ degrees in July - September. Summersville Lake is an oligotrophic la...
Diving "The Little Bahamas of the East!" Diving "The Little Bahamas of the East!"
markallen53 - 6/19/2013 7:48 AM
Diving "The Little Bahamas of the East!" Summersville lake is located in Nicholas County, West Virginia. It is called "The Little Bahamas of the East!" by "Skin Diver Magazine." It is an oligotrophic lake characterized by steep rocky shorlines with cliffs that go from above the surface to approximately 100 feet below the surface. The lake has 65 miles of shoreline and is 2700 surface foot acres during the normal summers season (May - September). Summersville Lake is the cleanest clearest freshwa...