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Check weather and diving conditions ahead of time.Ensure altitude diving safety practices are followed.Be properly trained and equipped for conditions.Please help prevent diving accidents by observing the following safety precautions: Divers should be prepared for extreme cold water temperatures year round. Lake altitude is over 6,000 feet in elevation. Because of the remote location, access by boat is advised. Park visitor divers are invited to explore and enjoy the trail and are reminded to use caution and adhere to safe diving practices at all times. The four dive sites of the Emerald Bay State Park Maritime Heritage Trail at Lake Tahoe range in depth from 10 to 60 feet. To learn more about the dive sites, click here to view the new interpretive panels. Proprietor of the Emerald Bay Resort purchased the boat, Florence M, and brought it to the lake in 1926 to provide day excursions for resort guests. She was built in 1915 at the Stephens Brothers boatyard in Stockton. The launch likely represents the oldest boat in the collection. Along with the two large barges, the Emerald Bay Maritime Heritage Trail includes two fishing boats and a 27-foot long launch. The collection includes a metal kayak, day sailor, and launch along with wooden fishing boats, rowboats, and motorboats. The cold Tahoe water helps to preserve these boats, some of which are over 100 years old. Just offshore of Boat Camp is a collection of small vessels that were likely sunk at their moorings, 30 to 60 feet below the surface. Photograph by Ken Kramer, Parks Dive Safety Officer. Recording the passenger launch, Florence M. Translucent blue-green water surrounded by vertical cliffs, green conifers, and granite boulders createsįigure 6. Video Courtesy: California State Parks and Maurice RoperĪbout Emerald Bay Maritime Heritage TrailĮmerald Bay, situated on the western side of Lake Tahoe, is and has been an American tourist destination for well over 150 years. Video Courtesy: California State Parks and PowerVision Your browser does not support HTML5 video.

These panels and interpretive cards were made possible by the generous support of the Sierra State Parks Foundation.Įmerald Bay Maritime Heritage Trail Grand Opening Waterproof interpretive cards created for divers will be available at the park’s visitor centers, local dive shops, online here and on the Sierra State Parks Foundation’s website. Underwater interpretative panels have been placed at four dive sites in Emerald Bay. The department has never publicly released the location and information about three additional sites highlighted in this underwater trail until now. Currently, divers have access to the Historic Barge Dive Site established by California State Parks in 1998. Scuba and snorkel diving visitors will be able to explore an underwater “trail” of historic features at several sites along the shoreline of Emerald Bay State Park, Lake Tahoe.

Starting October 1, 2018, the public is officially able to experience California’s first maritime heritage underwater trail devoted to showcasing Lake Tahoe’s historic recreational watercraft and barges, that now rest below the surface of Emerald Bay. California State Parks and the Sierra State Parks Foundation Debut California’s First Maritime Heritage Underwater Trail at Emerald Bay