SCUBA Diving — Lac Lavon Park, Apple Valley, MN | Minnesota Rovers Outdoors Club

SCUBA Diving — Lac Lavon Park, Apple Valley, MN

Wed, 6:00pm - 8:30pmMay 292024

Estimated Cost: $7
Max Trip Size: 6 people

Description:

Join us for a one-tank SCUBA dive in a metro area lake. Refresh your shore diving skills, try any new gear you may have, meet other divers, see some fish and maybe a turtle.

We will meet near the canoe rack at Lac Lavon Park in Apple Valley at 6:00 p.m., planning to be in the water by 7:00 at the latest, back ashore by 8:15, and departing the park by about 8:30. Be aware that Burnsville also has its own “Lac Lavon Park” at the other end of the lake. If you see baseball fields and a sand beach, you’re in the wrong spot.

Lac Lavon, formerly a gravel pit, is a spring fed lake with a maximum depth of about 30 feet. Visibility can be as good as 15 feet or as bad as 5 feet depending on weather and time of year. Boats with gasoline engines are not permitted on the lake, and there is no trailer access that is routinely open to the public. Fish life is mainly smaller bluegills, with some pumpkinseeds, and a few crappies and northern pike. Catfish inhabit the bottom but are typically not active during daylight hours. There are a few painted turtles and snapping turtles.

Lac Lavon has a long history of SCUBA diving. There is an underwater training platform that was originally built by an area fire department that had a dive team, and some instructors from area dive shops continue to maintain it and use it for training. It is no longer necessary to obtain a permit from the city to dive here.

Temperatures in late May are typically around 70-75 degrees above a thermocline that can usually be found around 15 feet, and 60-65 degrees at deeper spots. We will not spend a significant amount of time below the thermocline. Either 3mm or 5mm wetsuits would be appropriate. There is a fairly steep paved ramp leading down from the parking lot to the water.

There will not be an instructor or divemaster present. You must have certification as an open-water diver to participate.

Trip will be cancelled if thunderstorms are present in the area or if there has been recent heavy rainfall that could affect visibility.

The city of Apple Valley maintains a portable toilet at the site. There is a small covered pavilion nearby.

I can provide tanks, weights, and possibly some other gear (ask ahead). Nearby gear rentals are available at A Diver’s World in Lakeville and Scuba Center in Eagan. Please allow $7 for an air fill if I provide air for you, otherwise there is no cost.

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