About Who's Been Here Photos Dive Log Revisions Lake Travis - Shaker Plant Lake Travis, Austin, TX Max Depth: 141-150ft/43-46m Average Viz: 5-10ft/2-3m Entry Type: Boat Bottom Composition: Rock Aquatic Life: Might See Something Rating: 2.80 by 5 divers Spring: 61-65°F/16-18°C Summer: 71-75°F/22-24°C Fall: 61-65°F/16-18°C Winter: 50-55°F/10-13°C undercover08: Avg Viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water Temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. 10/10/2015 RMToure: Avg Viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water Temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C. 10/10/2015 stellr: Avg Viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water Temp: 56-60°F/13-16°C. 3/16/2013 stellr: Avg Viz: 11-15ft/3-5m. Water Temp: 56-60°F/13-16°C. 3/16/2013 DropshotDave: Avg Viz: Under 5ft/2m. Water Temp: 81-85°F/27-29°C. 7/15/2012 DropshotDave: Avg Viz: Under 5ft/2m. Water Temp: 81-85°F/27-29°C. 7/14/2012 10/14/2011 11:24 PM

Lake Travis - Shaker Plant is a boat accessible fresh water dive site, located at Lake Travis, Austin, TX. This dive site has an average rating of 2.80 out of 5 from 5 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 141-150ft/43-46m. The average visibility is 5-10ft/2-3m.

Unbeknown to many Lake Travis visitors, hundreds of feet under where they swim and boat are some of the remnants of the plant that helped construct the lake. The Shaker Plant, which is about 100 to 150 feet under water when the lake is full, was built in the late 1930s to assist in the construction of Mansfield Dam.

Comments

Joe_T - 12/06/2022 12:52 PM Here’s a video of our dive: youtu.be/OPp1oqigVEk Not bad but did not live up to the folklore and hype that I heard over the years diving at Lake Travis. You’ll need a boat to get there. We used the USS Jimmy Page, a.k.a. Zoso

RMToure - 4/09/2016 11:49 PM I went scuba diving here on 10/10/2015. Average viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C.

undercover08 - 10/10/2015 7:31 PM I went scuba diving here on 10/10/2015. Average viz: 5-10ft/2-3m. Water temp: 66-70°F/19-21°C.

Czechcanadian - 8/03/2015 7:00 PM Rating Added: 3 At the time the what was very murky but it was a cool dive.