Kraken Cove - More typically known as "Nevada
Cove", or "The cove across from Arizona Cove". We coined
the phrase Kraken Cove for this spot because it seems to eat
dive gear. If you're gonna lose something, chances are it
will be here. Kraken Cove is in Black Canyon right near
the dam on the Nevada side. Treasures include beer
bottles, fishing poles, sandals, and lots of sunglasses. My favorite find
to date was a Jefferson Starship cassette tape beautifully
preserved.
Black Canyon is deep, steep, and spooky as all hell. Even in
the middle of the day, it can get pretty dark down in the depths
near the opening to the Kraken's lair.
Diving down, there's shelves down to about the 910'
elevation, and then it just drops off into the abyss. At
roughly 980' in elevation, which was 150fsw in early 2008, there's a tree stump coming out of the canyon
wall, and the Kraken's lair is directly below. At
about 1080' elevation, look for thick steel cabling strewn
about, 50 gallon drums, and a cool winch, all left over from the
construction of the dam in the 1930s.
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