I used to go diving there back in the mid seventies. It's hard to believe how much the visibility has changed since then. The water was crystal clear and there wasn't any algae on the rocks at all. Every nook and cranny in the rocks was crawling with huge crawdads and we always had them for dinner every time we went there. Thanks for all your great videos.
Hello from SW Washington state. Yes, I very much enjoyed this video. I love Lake Tahoe. I always wonder how those boulders got there. Looks like the First Nation people used those boulder as grinding stones when the lake was much lower and not able to drain into the Truckee river. Well, still no signs of Tahoe Tessie.😂🙋♂️🏍💨
What a beautiful day. Loved the play of the light dancing on the boulders. How Blessed you must feel living near such a special place. Thanks for sharing!
You are preaching to the choir...I live in Vermont...nothing is near anything and if it looks close on the map there is usually a mountain between here and there. Hence the Vt saying...."you can't get there from here". I hope it is at least a nice drive.
Excellent dive 👍. Lake Tahoe looks alot like Lake Superior along Picture Rocks. Beautiful clear water and large boulders to dive around, but your boulders are rounder 😂. Awesome scenery above and below water . Super enjoyed your video thanks. Gregg 😃🤜
Mornin Mark . Always enjoy your videos . Great to see you again . I remember diving in ocean water that clear . Actually glad you used a dive flag . One thing I always found amazing was how much noise I could hear underwater . And the boats noise was extremely loud ! Thanks again,,,,,,
Hello Mike, Clear water diving is a special thing! If I remember correctly, water is 800 more dense than air, so sound wave are transferred easily, which is why it is so difficult to determine which direction it come from.
I had an involved day, got out of my wheelchair, rode my bike(first time in 13 years), went to 2 different churches(Sunday here on GUAM, saw my (I hope) new GF at 1st Church), got a bike for my 8 yo neighbor kid, he was EXTREMELY, we rode together to the 2nd church, got back home and he helped me do all kinds of stuff (chores) as it was getting dark I started feeling the soreness in my out of shape legs and I saw your "notification" popup and realized the video was so relaxing, that it was a perfect conclusion to a really GREAT DAY ! Thanx for that Mark ! MUCH LOVE FROM GUAM !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
this is actually one of my favorite videos because I've been going to Sand Harbor for 30+ years and this is my first look at what has been below me,. @@mokpot
I have cousins who live up at Lake Tahoe. We used to visit every summer and spent a lot of time at the various beaches. I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure you’re the diver that we met one day. I remember asking if you did ever find much. We chatted awhile and I remember it clearly because it’s the only time I ever met a scuba diver. It might have been Pope Beach. . . I wish I could remember, but that’s one of the beaches we went to a lot.
What have you ever found of interest in those little pits that you flush out?!---At one point, it eventually struck me to realize just how ancient that lake is...I finally saw the fish!---Sad dedication.---It must be a weird sensation, swimming atop the bubbles of another!
Mark have you ever seen jellyfish in the freshwater lakes and rivers? There are jellyfish in Bass Lake but they are only visible for a few weeks in September into October. Only the size of a nickel, very delicate and super clear.
Just wanted to let you know that I recognize what you do to give to all in your explorations ..gas money to get there, refills of oxygen cylinders, waking up early to get there, etc etc. I and the rest of us appreciate you.Nk.
I can only imagine what people would think if you took off at full speed. Cause all they'd see would be your safety diving flag racing across a top the water. ( scene from " Fresh Water JAWs " ) :~)
May I suggest a golden foeggey reach claw? Mine is Smith & Nephew Roivan A665-008 It used to be my job for 22 years to clean out a festival wishing well. As I got older it got harder to squawt & bend plus multiple spider bites. This claw, my father's extra one was given to me by my mom. It works wonders on dimes, pennies, nickles, quarters, half-dollars, & larger coins, cans, ect. It's half light wieght aluminum with sturdy plastic componants, & a ribbed rubber tip. If I had a cnc machine or even a 3D printer, I'd be temped to make stronger componants for this. But its really not necessary.
Mark, you think that cracked rock is a rock? Perhaps it’s a giant egg deciding when to let loose the alien babies inside? One never knows, do one? 😊 P.S. you need a pair of grippers, just saying!
Looks like those small “holes” in the one rock early in your video could of been created by Native American to grind seeds to made flour. The water level long ago was much lower until the dam was built
If you look at 3:23 you will see a perfectly round circle glide across the screen and down in a direct pattern. That is a orb that is a spirit in the water wow ! Trip my shit out
@@mokpot Mark rewind the footage if you look at the circle it is perfectly round and it travels at in a directional pattern across the water then it drops down to the bottom of the lake in front of the camera . You my friend have a Orb and that is a spirit .
In general for boaters and jet-skis the flag is a good place to practice high speed turns... 😬 in open water a boat is supposed to stay 300ft./90 meters away. In navigation channels and inlets, 100 feet/30 meters. But in truth many, if not most boaters have no idea what the flag means.
Mark is this line attached to the divers flag a new law? That is dangerous and could cause diver entanglement. I would display the flag on the surface as required by law but just attach a weight on the end of the rope and drop it . Its pretty apparent who ever the dumb ass that came up with this law is not a diver. How are they going to know you do or not have it attached? Just tell them hey was hanging out at the bottom of the lake that is the reason it was not moving . What happens if some drunk dude in a boat hits that son of bit ## and you are tied to it ? Oh hell no take off the string dude dont want anything to happen to you. That would suck man
@@mikehurricane5767 When I got my cert my instructor never said anything about dragging around a tube with a flag and even in my dive book there is nothing about it. How ever I do agree with the federal law about displaying a dive flag while diving but I have never in my life seen or heard of a diver dragging around a flag with a string on it . Hey lets go dive a wreck ok let me spool out 250 foot of string because Federal law states I have to tow around a tube with a flag on it. That way when I go down into the wreck I will get tangled up and stuck and die in the wreck ! Sorry but they can kiss my A ## I am not dragging around a string and tube . Just amazes how brain dead people are that come up with these laws. Look how quick Mark got tangled up in the rocks . And dont forget about the durnk dude in the Baja 75 miles an hour that hits your tube @ If the string holds you are going for one hell of a ride !
I agree towing a flag can be an entanglement hazard, I believe the State of Nevada regulations are that a diver must remain within 100 feet of the flag. Since our dive plan was to cover about 700 feet (in one direction) it was necessary to tow it. It is widely known that citations are frequently written to divers who do not use or, properly use a flag on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.
