Table Rock Lake is located next to Branson providing
great dives. Table Rock Lake has about 52,300
surface acres and the shoreline is 857 miles
long with a maximum depth 0f over 200 feet.
Visibility is generally best in the spring with
an average of 20 to 40 foot visibility below
thermal cline at 30 foot.
The surface temperature
peaks at 85 degrees Fahrenheit in
summer and 60 Degrees
Fahrenheit below the 30-foot thermalcline. Underwater
sights at Table Rock Lake include the famous underwater
forest, sunken boat, nice ledges, large boulders and
more.
The most popular shore access dive area is Dewey Short
located at the Table Rock Lake dam and visitors center.
Water access is made easy with a pair of stairs leading
down a hill to a rocky area and a gravel beach area.
There are usually a lot of divers at this site giving
new comers the opportunity to chat with divers that have
been diving here for quite a while. I routinely walk
down the stairs, take a look at the water, and ask a
diver how the visibility is before running back up the
stairs and excitedly putting on my gear. Underwater
there are nice ledges, large boulders and generally a
lot of large friendly fish that are used to divers being
in the water. While visiting this dive site, rangers
have requested that all divers park in an actual parking
spot and not around the loop towards the dam (
Information provided by: Scuba Adventurer)
