Bear Lake - Cisco Beach

Cisco Beach on the east shore of Bear Lake is the established dive site on this large turquoise alpine lake straddling the Utah-Idaho line. A rocky bottom and a steep drop-off close to shore give wall-style diving, with volcanic rock alcoves, a sunken boat, and 'The Car Lot' — an artificial reef of 1930s cars in about 60 feet of water. Visibility averages 20-30 feet and the lake hosts endemic species including the Bonneville cisco; surface temperatures run only 55-65 F even in summer.