San Marcos River Texas

The San Marcos River runs through San Marcos Texas about a half hour South of Austin. If you start up at the dam and go tubing, it takes about an hour to travel the mile down to the rapids.

This is some of the best swimming fun I have ever had, the water is clear and is great for snorkeling, swimming, riding a boogie board, and just having fun. Eve bought me an underwater case for my Canon A590IS camera... and I have been having a great time filming things that I could never do before.

If you are in the area be sure to visit San Marcos and go for a swim. Make a day of it... and just have fun.

An interesting note... the underwater grass you see only grows in this one river and is endangered... please don't litter and please respect the river so future generations can enjoy it too.

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[askjerry]

I just posted another... Swimming in San Marcos... just doing stupid stuff in the falls.



[askjerry]

The deepest part is about 5 feet 6 inches (1.7m) ... up to my shoulders... mostly it's about 3 or 4 feet (0.9m to 1.2m) deep... and along the edges are rocks set like stepping stones... 2 feet (60cm) deep. The place is awesome.

[JamsnStuff]

@askjerry Sorry but I've lived along the SM river my entire life. And i know that there is some parts that are a tleast 10 or 15 feet deep.

[askjerry]

@JamsnStuff Well yeah... under the second set of falls is about 14 ft deep... and it's 21 feet at the first falls by the restaurant. (We had a divers depth gauge.) But they were talking about the general area above the set of three falls... which is mostly 5 to 6 feet deep.

[askjerry]

Go to Google Maps and type in: 29.8788 , -97.9332 which will take you to the park. You will likely need to park next to the railroad tracks and walk over.

[askjerry]

Thanks... I have a lot of fun doing it. Just got back from swimming today... I want to do more... I found out you can swim underwater across the falls... the current goes OVER you if you keep low enough. I went down to the bottom and crawled across myself! (Now I gotta figure out how to make a video of that.)

[Fusionfreakdrummer]

i had the pleasure of living in san marcos for a little over a year when i was a kid in 1991 ( i was 11) i had so much fun that summer in the river, such good times! i remember back then how this area was it was just one water fall. at that time it was not unusual to find real authentic native american arrow heads and many other native pottery etc. in the river! the fishing was un real, such huge clean fresh cat fish, perch, blue gills, etc. just a magical place with so much history.

[revscott58]

Does anyone remember the Two Bitter bar in San Marcos? Some real good shows have I seen there in the day! 1977/1978

[revscott58]

I went to SWTSU in the 70's and the old building by the first falls was called the ice house. We would be able to jump off of it from 25 or 30 ft. high. There used to be a huge tree with a rope swing, but it appears to be gone. I would also climb that tree to jump from it's limbs. It sure could be a dangerous, and therefore a fun place. Many blessings for sharing your video and bringing my memories of those days back!

[thepopularjock]

That is a great video.

Thanks for posting it. I went to college at Texas State and liked it so much that I stayed there for almost 10 yrs after I graduated.

[WeekOldDimitri2]

That grass is so Damn annoying!!!!!!

[ThePacman804]

Dude I'm confused. I see people walking so is this river not that deep?