3 Responses to “Eugene Quarry”

1. sabbath999 says:

   June 28, 2010 at 9:43 am

   OK, I didn’t DIVE the Eugene quarry, but was driving past on the highway so I drove over to it to check it out looking for a place with more clear water than what I have been seeing… I drove down the driveway (CAREFUL, it’s quite rutted up) and checked on the middle of the two quarries. Vis was 30 feet or so on the surface, and the top was warm (84ish degrees). Since it is only about 30 feet deep, I suspect it’s pretty warm.

   Permission/payment can be made in Jeff City at the Dive shop or in Columbia at Life Aquatic. Probably going to dive it soon.
2. Sabbath9999 says:

   September 15, 2008 at 5:33 pm

   I did my open water certification dives there 09/13/08 and 09/14/08. We used the quarry in the middle (the smallest one I believe). It is the one with the pontoon boat on it.

   Day 1 the visibility was about 12 feet or so. Water temp on the surface was 71, and at the bottom was 66, the thermocline was at 20 feet.

   Overnight, there was 5 inches of rain in the area, and the quarry water level rose about 3 feet. Visibility was 1-2 feet at best… and it was REALLY dark starting about 14 feet down, so dark that I couldn’t see the platform sunk at the bottom of the quarry with my face about 6 inches away from it. At that level, vis was 1 foot, I had to hold on to my buddy because I couldn’t see him at all.
3. cummings66 says:

   June 20, 2008 at 5:08 pm

   Depending on the quarry you dive in the vis will range from about 8 feet to 15 feet with the temps anywhere from 40 degree’s to about 50 degree’s.