An aerial view of Callville Bay Resort & Marina on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at Lake Mead.
Saturday, July 16, 2016 | 2 a.m.
My sinuses squeal in protest as I drop from a 120-degree inferno of desert heat to the 50-degree chill of the murky lake floor more than 100 feet below. Diving in the heart of the Mojave Desert is not for everyone — particularly in June, when in the span of a few minutes a diver can be ratcheted through a temperature swing of more than 70 degrees. But there’s something down there — something that was once a national secret — that remains one of the most interesting and intriguing dive sites in the country: a B-29 Superfortress airplane that crashed into Lake Mead at the dawn of the Cold War while doing high-altitude research.
Hard by the glitzy haze of Las Vegas, Lake Mead National Recreation Area is an unappreciated but spectacular dive destination. Beneath this liquid affront to the arid Mojave lie undiscovered jewels for the intrepid and quirky few who are willing to drive and dive there. Accessible year-round and home to some truly unique underwater sites, a dive trip to Nevada is definitely an unusual brag to roll out on your diving buddies; yet with a little planning and a little moxie, Lake Mead delivers a world-class set of diving adventures.
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