Dive to the Deepest Point in Lake Tahoe (over 500m or 1640ft in depth) [1080p60]

Follow along as Mission Robotics dives to the deepest location in Lake Tahoe at over 500m [1640ft] in depth.
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[@danmoreno37]

I was impressed at your sophisticated lens cleaning procedure.

[@skimountains875]

i came here to say the same thing!

[@Jay-fq8uz]

When did it do that ?

[@topfueljunkie100]

@@Jay-fq8uz 2:35

[@Jay-fq8uz]

@@topfueljunkie100 🤣🤙🏽

[@johnr8820]

I’ve been going to Lake Tahoe ever since I was a boy. My grandpa had a house built up there and now I’m a proud part owner. A very special place in my heart. Thank you for making this video!

[@sibylsaint]

It's a magical, lovely place. I grew up in Tahoe City and my family has a cabin there.

[@AstralHiGH]

Trust fund baby

[@AstralHiGH]

^^ 2 trust fund babies

[@tl3139]

I was expecting to see some "casino customers" down there.

[@oliverpowless]

Same i was expecting to see a body

[@BrandonHutto]

Fine, I’ll put my *yard trimmings* in a car compactor.

[@austincharles967]

There's bodies down there for sure.

[@bizarro20daves]

@delreydavid if that was the case the bottom would be littered with millions of years of dead fish etc. It's not in ice so the fish and bacteria there would eat any flesh

[@jacobmcandles1745]

Was expecting to find all those guns that had boating accidents.

[@fearfullywonderfullymade4057]

Lived in Tahoe my whole life and always wanted to see the bottom. I had no idea macks lived that deep. I always catch em around 300ft.

[@AdventuresWithPurpose]

That was worth watching. Incredible the modifications your team made in order to capture this for us. Thanks for sharing.

[@AuRowe]

Sup legend

[@kylelagrow1973]

Awp. Come florida

[@taylorb5681]

MY MAN

[@Real_Richmond_510]

Hey adventures with purpose! This is my "backyard lake" it's good to see others from all over interested in this location. Also, I appreciate the work you do! Keep it up 🙏🏼

[@got2kittys]

Any idea what makes the trail of "tracks" on the bottom?

[@ZGADOW]

Interesting to see a lake trout at such great depths. We fish for them on the bottom in 100+ feet of water but I never thought they would down 1600 feet

[@williamkreth]

I went charter boat fishing on Tahoe our lines were down 350 feet

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Apparently this species does better in deep lakes, and can get absurdly large. There's some in a lake here in NZ, but it only gets to 17m deep, and apparently they're pretty small and sluggish there.

[@mattiasdahlstrom2024]

What are they doing down there?

[@mattiasdahlstrom2024]

Eating those little shrimp things?

[@girtisholland]

That was a really cool colonoscopy. I feel less afraid about my appointment next month.

[@ElectricFuture]

This aligns with my interests, appreciate you labeling the fish as well 😁

[@davidmueller980]

Crater Lake next? Would love to see the bottom at 608 meters. Very clear picture.

[@arthurwoodle5048]

it would be alot of trees...had a houseboat there for many years..

[@Rachel-ul8et]

Crater Lake in Oregon is extremely clear. There are no floats or boats allowed except two that the park rangers use to do tours of the lake. It’s pretty beautiful if that’s the crater lake that was referred to?

[@sethsmietana7733]

@@arthurwoodle5048 What? no, you didn't.

[@arthurwoodle5048]

@@sethsmietana7733 Sorry just saw that we are talking about Crater Lake....I thought it was Carters lake in north Georgia mountains...deep as hell with lots of submerged trees..sorry!

[@sethsmietana7733]

@@arthurwoodle5048 nothing to be sorry about. Honest mistake

[@T_bone]

I always wanted to see what was down there. Thanks to you, I have.

[@RMokros]

Yeah, sand. But at least we know.

[@alexthekunz]

Excellent production quality for a small channel. The voice audio in particular was incredibly clean given it was recorded on the water. Very well shot and edited.

[@jimrubin3335]

Neat! Somehow, I expected more going on down there. Reminded me of shots of the moonscape from the Apollo missions. Thanks for bringing us aboard!

[@mustangflyer6878]

Great video. It would be awesome if you could do the same with Lake Baikal in Siberia Russia. It's the deepest lake in the world at 5,387 ft. deep.

[@allisoncolby7851]

That would be amazing! I know the Lake you're talking about. Lake Baikal has so many unique species that are only found just there and nowhere else. One is a freshwater sea lion, which is incredibly strange, considering how far the lake is from an ocean. I'd also like to see what Crater Lake in Oregon looks like ,with its outstandingly pristine water, and exceptional clarity and visibility. They both would be really something to see!

[@Achilles94627]

I agree. I would love to see what the bottom of Crater Lake looks like.

[@qui-gontimtherandomraptor1072]

"Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"

[@cysfolks5955]

Underrated comment

[@spid3rmike117]

I already beat the game and reading that still gives me chills

[@qui-gontimtherandomraptor1072]

@Cody Hall yeah it's best played if you know as little as possible beforehand 😉

[@fornoobs990]

This is pretty awesome, thanks for doing this! Another interesting spot to take your ROV would be lake shasta where there is a whole town underwater from when it got dammed. Look up Kennett, CA

[@rexmundi5180]

Or clear lake where they believe there are underwater caves that feed into a subterranean lake within mount konocti.

[@masecool8511]

My father jumped off Shasta dam... not kidding

[@21AirDrop]

@@masecool8511 Your dad is fearless. I grew up in Redding. Been to the Dam countless times.

[@rachelreneer56]

@@rexmundi5180 my home town 💙

[@Real_Richmond_510]

@@rachelreneer56 what is the truth about Clearlake? I'm always open to more discoveries and legends about places. I've only been to Clearlake twice(last time was for a funeral for Dan Cota)

[@leggiemeggie5837]

I'm lucky to be able to visit Lake Tahoe often and I have always wondered what it was like at the bottom.. Thank you for sharing!! Amazing to see all the life scurrying around!! ☺️

[@harriedsloth4399]

@@climatepurification perversion is harming

[@jasoncable8789]

magg, there's a secret order of phishing students that have wild orgies their.

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

That water clarity is amazing

[@buddyclark5507]

This is just as cool as the Land Rover on Mars... photos and video of where no man has been before!

[@squatchwhisperer]

So cool. Waiting for you to find Tessie...

[@aidanbailey8614]

Right me too

[@bidenisanidiot8029]

@@aidanbailey8614 Tessie was busy that day working her MS Dixie shift

[@gavincurtis]

Did you ever find what Jacques Cousteau found down there? He said something of major significance was going on at the deepest depths of Tahoe that mankind is not ready for.

[@carpediemarts705]

Would be nice to know even what part of the lake he explored

[@sibylsaint]

That's a myth. He never even went to Lake Tahoe. It plays off the rumors of dead bodies the mob sunk to the bottom in the early 20th century. That's true, but not widespread. Jacques Cousteau never actually dived into the lake.

[@itsdonaldo]

I caught a Mackinaw trout from the bottom there. It was so swollen when I got it up to the surface it looked like it had eaten a softball.

[@dannilaser16]

Awesome video. Amazing technology. Thank you very much for sharing. Always wanted to see the bottom of Lake Tahoe. I can’t believe how fast it got to the bottom. The video was incredible quality. Congrats.

[@darrelljacobjr2120]

They edited the raw video footage to speed up the descent. I'm sure it took Way longer to dive to 1640 ft.

[@dannilaser16]

@@darrelljacobjr2120 I watched a video earlier this year where they recovered a male body from the east coast. Apparently he was doing a video when his boat drifted away, supposedly causing him to drown. They claimed his body resting at the bottom of Lake Tahoe at about 1500 feet.

[@HKSlays]

wow crazy to see that mackinaw down that deep.

[@BradFoster3413]

This is amazing! I would LOVE to see the bottom of Crater Lake in Oregon!

[@moniquepreciado1040]

What an amazing video, well done it was incredible to see that side of Lake Tahoe

[@omarmendoza246]

Any chance you can try finding my Ray Ban Sun Glasses? Lost them while jet skiing🤣

[@billydeatherage7438]

Lol that's funny

[@smokenjoe4022]

No old boats not even a pice of plastic! But l thought that trout at 1600 feet was pretty amazing l never thought a trout could go that deep!

[@thomassalvatore6762]

Yeah , clean it up pretty good😎

[@AusMarineRobotics]

No wonder they are so hard to catch.

[@jonathanmcniel6483]

I don't think it was trout

[@veroman007]

@@jonathanmcniel6483 it was. native to the lake.

[@silverbob8656]

@@veroman007 No, Lake Trout (Mackinaw) are not native to Lake Tahoe. They were introduced in 1894.

[@trimbaker1893]

Otherwise, I think a time lapse game camera left there with some bait and a light would be interesting! Those tracks are fascinating. Great videos... Thank you. Smiling, George.

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Easier to dive to 500m than drive around lake Tahoe.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

why is that?

[@kap1526]

@@Augfordpdoggie lots of turns, slow speed, traffic, im guessing

[@brucethomsenmusic7683]

Ain't THAT the truth!

[@gbpg2016]

Probably because it's longer than 500m around the lake.

[@svenno9951]

So great to be able to see that. I'm sure there are more interesting features in the lake but one always wonders what is at the deepest part of a body of water.

[@sibylsaint]

There are archways off the east shore.

[@HumanSacrafice4]

More on Tahoe! Should do the shipwreck the Tahoe Queen goes over

[@trucker-paramedic7547]

Did you guys happen to get a temperature of the bottom?

[@leechurchill1965]

Pretty desolate down there. I can see how those invasive shrimp could have free reign.

[@quantummandavid]

Thank you so much for posting this. This was such a fun video .

[@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving]

Great video! You should take it to the SS Tahoe in Lake Tahoe. There are also a few airplane wrecks and plenty of other sunken boats in Lake Tahoe.

[@MissionRobotics]

The SS Tahoe is an amazing location. We have completed dives on the SS Tahoe in conjunction with the representative bodies from both CA and NV since it is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. We have collected some pretty awesome footage and we will work to get this up at some point in the future! So far we have found one airplane and a few different sunken boats. If you have locations of some interesting targets you know of that we should visit, please let us know! We are always on the lookout for interesting places!

[@samrusoff]

I wonder if it's normally that deserted or if the lights spooked away most of the critters

[@dannybaumflek8693]

I'm a local and honestly don't think there's much. That's why these people are doing this, to discover what could be down their, I don't think any fish will be down there bc most chill in the shallow water of the lake or rivers.

[@DJ-dm5km]

He was only down there for a little bit and he saw a fish go bye🤣 I bet cash money there’s some big old fish down there!

[@tomtalker2000]

That is incredibly deep for a lake. Unlike an ocean though you can see how clean that bottom looks. And a lack of any animal life.

[@sdean4816]

Nice video, thanks for posting.

[@MichalOlender]

Incredible! No prehistoric creatures though?!

[@M.Campbell]

What leaves the shallow trail that you can see at 3:36? It's a third of the way from the top of the screen and on the left. You can see it again, very briefly at 4:03. Cool video. Thanks for posting.

[@bidenisanidiot8029]

Tessies tail

[@flisms]

Thats was cool, thanks for sharing. Do more!! Like a full length movie just exploring the bottom!

[@JustinBradleyPhotographer]

Nice! Love Tahoe, did you by chance take note of how deep the visibility was from the surface using the sub as reference?

[@kurtkaster5666]

Not sure what I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting nothing!

[@mikejaques6573]

This video was AWESOME.

[@MarkJanssens-v4r]

Great video. Everyone, please be responsible and wear a life jacket when out on the water no matter how good of a swimmer you are. The temperature and waves in that lake can take you under in seconds at certain times. Stay well and enjoy that beautiful lake :)

[@polluter1986]

I’ve read Tahoe is connected to pyramid lake by means of under water caverns.

[@TheBlackDeath3]

It's connected by the Truckee River.

[@Cgraseck]

Great lighting!

[@GeezLouise]

so Jacques Cousteau was meaning that the worlds not ready for the fact that there’s nothing down there. He didn’t wanna disappoint people. 😉

[@sibylsaint]

He never actually dived into Tahoe. That's a myth. But this is the best take on the myth. There are a few things down there: 1. Shipwreck of the SS Tahoe 2. Petrified pine forest 3. A small airplane. 4. At least one natural arch. 5. Long ago, the mob dumped a few people into the lake, but the fish would've eaten them and their clothes would've floated up and washed ashore. Remains of cement shoes or iron weights might be able to be found.

[@gregoryrobertson]

Very well explained. Looks like a fun day to celebrate some great engineering. :-)

[@duaneayers6117]

Remind me of the Mojave Desert except for this one's underwater. Great Work 👍🇺🇲

[@AGDinCA]

The bottom of the Mariana and Phillipines Trenches also look like the Sahara.

[@XdB1Gz7StR4C7]

Awesome video! Thank you! 👌👌👍👍💪💪👏👏

[@HenryChinaski614]

I’ve always wondered. Thanks!

[@singularity528hz]

Wow such a clear vedio. Nice work brother I love it just love it 😀😍

[@banshee1322]

I’m sorry but a MACKINAW is 1600 ft deep??? Didn’t know lake trout could even survive that pressure

[@puprilla]

Mind blown

[@jamesh7469]

I was so confused I thought it had to be a different fish with the same name

[@signjoey]

Is Fredo still down their?

[@theoriginalkendad]

That’s so sick, you get a chance would love to see cables lake. I was told there’s a cabin on the bottom love the mountains thanks for doing this

[@v0hero691]

*Caples* lake. And I agree it would be awesome, ive heard this rumor too.

[@28lobster28]

Very cool video, can't wait to see 1000m!

[@CaliforniaBushman]

Ok. Waiting for the perfectly preserved guys named Luigi with anchors chained to their ankle wearing pinstripe suits from State Line in 1951.

[@lancetti4843]

Don't forget the Chinese railroad workers who were dropped into Lake Tahoe instead of being paid.

[@colto8284]

@@lancetti4843 really?? I didn’t know this happens, could you please elaborate. You have sparked my curiosity

[@testing6753]

@@colto8284 "My whole life, I have heard rumors that there are a lot of human bodies that have been dumped in Lake Tahoe. The one that sticks out for me is that in Truckee, they had brought in hundreds of Chinese immigrants to build the railroads. When all was said and done, they didn't want to have to deal with paying them and giving them promised citizenship so they took the immigrants out to the middle of the lake and tied them together in big groups and weighed them down and dumped them in. "So the rumor states that not only are there hundreds of people down there all tied together but they are perfectly preserved because of the cold temperatures. It has been said that some independent filmmaker got ahold of some deep sea diving machine and found where all these people were at and went down to see for himself so he could film a documentary on it. When he came back up, he said he would not film it because the world was not ready to see what the U.S government did to these poor people."

[@testing6753]

@@colto8284 but there has been no solid evidence yet.

[@colto8284]

@@testing6753 ...that's awful, I know my country has done some horrendous things, that's just pitiful. I just keep remembering the acts of few are but what my great country is as the majority of us. God bless their souls, it's believable because of the treatment of the Chinese that survived on the railroad.

[@FriendM2010]

Love this stuff... What is the normal temp at 500m ? I am sure there are discoveries made that are of the human kind down there.. We’re still looking for Hoffa 🥴

[@RomansDowntime]

That was absolutely amazing!

[@markfisher7962]

I've been dreaming of doing this for 50 years. Thanks for making the vid. I was surprised at how firm the bottom was. I'd imagined a 30' layer of gradually thickening mud. So who/what's making the grooves?

[@mynamejeff8401]

Octopuses prob

[@raidermaxx2324]

Lol not octopi .. I'm pretty sure it's underwater currents.. if you think of dunes in the desert, how they are formed by wind, the same applies underwater on a sandy bottom, but motion of water molecules, instead of air molecules...

[@billr5842]

Most like octopi based off my findings.

[@WilkinsonX]

The prevailing theory among scientists is that the grooves are octopus in origin.

[@sibylsaint]

There aren't octopi in Lake Tahoe. Ignore all that shit.

[@CaliforniaBushman]

Glad somebody is deploying the D.M.R.V. Dead Mobster Recovery Vehicle. I'm at 0:35. Hoping it didn't come true 😳.

[@PProbablyme]

What was that bluish rocky looking area barely showing under the sand? It had a track leading away from it but you followed it then cut to the next shot! What at the end of that trail? What is that discoloration down there?

[@GreenDive1ByVijosh]

Thank you for this amazing video 😊

[@niklashall5969]

Should attach a pulsing predator fish attracting device to mimick a dying fish or something like that to attract tessie!

[@pwhit59]

That fish was swimming down there 1650feet from the surface with those temperatures there too😳

[@sooweeq123]

It's a trout. That's normal.

[@beelzeboo]

I appreciate this as a local. I would really love however, if you went to and filmed the deepest part.

[@charman5310]

Same I wanna know what jacques cousteau saw down there

[@christianphillips1239]

This isn't the deepest part?

[@beelzeboo]

@@christianphillips1239 no, the deepest is actually a trench-like section at 1675ft

[@charman5310]

@@christianphillips1239 nope

[@khansen12345]

@@charman5310 came here to say the same thing!

[@rickkieffer5028]

Ok...lake Washington has over 100 aircraft in the bottom. Really. Go up there and get some video and you will have a million views on that. Lots of WWII planes. Thank you for this. Amazing.

[@SKtube0]

Family owns a cabin at Tahoe, so I vacation there a lot and family and friends always joke that their are bodies in the lake as well as treasure (for the kids) to be found. Kinda glad that isn't the case. Well, at least in the areas you checked out lol.

[@Jeremy_Fisher]

Of course there's no bodies. They've all been eaten by now. ;^)

[@SKtube0]

@@Jeremy_Fisher I know. It's all just for fun though I'm certain it's been a dumping ground throughout history like many bodies of water. Now, if I saw bones or a skull or something, I'd be a little freaked lol.

[@sibylsaint]

Frank Sinatra owned the CalNeva. And he was in the mob. They did dump people for a while. But yes, the fish would've eaten them. They would, however, have left behind cement shoes or weights or other such things.

[@susanbuckley4153]

Excellent video!!

[@joeydepalmer4457]

2 questions: 1: would night vision work on the robot? and 2. How long could the robot stay in 1 place? if you landed on the bottom and parked it just to see what would swim around it, how long can it stay in place?

[@afg3233]

You go probably do that overnight with a go pro, make a stronger case for deeper waters, a stand/tripod with LED or ir and tie it with rope and have a big balloon float

[@Thestudiedtheist]

Great video. I was expecting to see a boat, a body or a plane

[@ericlakota6512]

Some giant drag spots could be giant creature diging around on bottom or a big ancor

[@sarajean119]

Well done and congrats!

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

Awesome effort. Thanks for posting. Was it an earthquake fault line at 4:50?

[@bossco2001]

absolutely fascinating and amazing!

[@russellsomerville3926]

Keen to know what tether setup did you use? On the blue robotics website they mention max length of 300m for observed communication for their fathom tether. Have you gone fibre optic? Cheers

[@MissionRobotics]

We are not using a fiber optic tether, we are still using a copper tether. The 300m max length is determined by their Fathom-X Tether Interface Boards, not the actual tether. We are using a different protocol for the communications over the tether which is how we are able to achieve communication over greater distances, while still using the same tether type. If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch via our website.

[@McconneIIRet]

How much do one of these robots cost? I want one.

[@threefreaksonaleash6619]

Absolutely amazing!!!

[@dannycreech4177]

That wasn't very much footage of the bottom? Look like something was walking around in a area on one part before it cut off and restarted. I want to see more!

[@morrobayfishing5515]

Cool.......... Thanks for the video!

[@drewandrews4537]

It would have been very nice for the rover to have pointed directly up at the surface level of the water.

[@YosemiteOnMyMind]

it would have shown nothing (except what the light on the robot would illuminate). Sunlight cannot penetrate even half that depth.

[@helpmefixthis9117]

Imagine finding a body

[@jonathonrico726]

That’s what I was thinking

[@jairoreyes3844]

I dive tahoe when i was training 4 my dive cert.sand harbor nice cold very int thst deep.

[@melanierapp537]

How did those shrimp get there ?

[@DirtIsFree]

Last year man died there.. Body recovered at 1500 feet. Must of been a different part. Cause recovery was hard because of trees at bottom.

[@mynamejeff8401]

Wdym by trees

[@DirtIsFree]

@@mynamejeff8401 a man lost his life..they could not recover body cause soo deep and trees debre at bottom. Devices for search kept getting caught up on trees at bottom .I guess the water is super cold at those depths of 1500 feet.the trees dont break down.

[@perculation9294]

@@DirtIsFree nothing decomposes not even bodies

[@sibylsaint]

Must have. And the petrified forest is on the southwestern shore. Off Pope Beach.

[@sibylsaint]

@@mynamejeff8401 There's a petrified forest off the coast of Pope Beach on the southwestern shore.

[@MyFriendOfMisery13]

The bodies are still down there, y’know. But you’ll never see footage of them. I live there, and if news ever got out that the rumors were true (if you’re local you know they aren’t rumors), tourists would stay tf away lol. And we can’t afford that.

[@rangel6242]

We have the same issue here at Lake Mead. Never knew this issue existed at Lake Tahoe.

[@johnnyboy1586]

@@rangel6242 what issues ?

[@rangel6242]

@@johnnyboy1586 unrecovered bodies

[@frankhall7005]

Lol dramatic much?

[@MyFriendOfMisery13]

@@frankhall7005 maybe slightly. But doesn’t change the fact they’re there.

[@trimbaker1893]

I wonder if those are dinosaur tracks 3:53 They look three toed like the tracks along the Connecticut river near Holyoke Massachusetts.

[@rogaldorn3947]

Stop commenting your are saying some dumb things

[@trimbaker1893]

@@rogaldorn3947 I hope one day you get to Holyoke and see the fossil tracks. Truly awe inspiring. Until then, just keep calling people dumb. Its fitting of your beautiful self. Jerk.

[@keeferdog5617]

ULTRA COOL!

[@trimbaker1893]

I wonder if some of those tracks are from an anchor being dragged from a drifting boat.

[@DJ-dm5km]

Lol🤣Nobody has a 1600 foot rope for their anchor.

[@SOLDOZER]

1600 feet deep

[@trimbaker1893]

@@SOLDOZER I used to grouper fish for a living. Snowy grouper. We anchored in over 1600' every week.

[@SOLDOZER]

@@trimbaker1893 What scope for 1600'?

[@trimbaker1893]

@@SOLDOZER not much if you want the anchor to wobble with the rise and fall of the waves and leave dinosaur tracks. : ) But, when we would anchor, there was a deck pile of anchor line. The hard part was getting the set angle right with the current so we would be above the rock ledge that held grouper. To raise the anchor, we would clip a big orange polyball to the anchor line and drive the boat towards the anchor. When we got over it and kept going, the line pulling through the ring at the polyball would pull the anchor up until it was hanging at the ball, splashing along behind us. Then we simply pulled in the rope and piled it on deck for the 14 hr ride home. We usually caught around 3,000 pounds of grouper in about four days out.

[@mtbalpinecounty]

Mindblowing!

[@prowordsmith]

Very cool! What is the cost of the robot, if I may ask?

[@allysonluly5226]

That was incredible 👏🙌

[@jerseycitysteve]

Did you find Fredo? Tahoe doesn't give up its dead.

[@robjtko]

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!..

[@CuttingEdge49]

How did the shrimp get in the lake and what harm if any do the cause?

[@dangell8984]

So happy it is clean down there and no debris/garbage. Healthy fish and thriving environment.

[@russ549]

Unlike so many california lakes which are actually man made resivores lake Tahoe is natural right? And im wondering is it thought to be glacierly carved? Like so many other high altitude norther California lakes are? Thanks!

[@SeattleRingHunter]

Very impressive not just add the blue robotics gripper. I love to borrow this for a 600' DJI drone recovery in the bottom of a PNW lake. The drone that was lost is only a basic DJI drone the point would be for proof of concept of locating a drone at that depth based on the GPS waypoint when it auto landed in the middle of the lake by accident to be able to locate and grip it. This would be absolutely a stellar mission. It will be quite some time before I become a rebreather diver for deep dive recovery, LOL Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter Lost Item Recovery Specialist

[@lewis_r_]

It would be cool to point the camera directly up as it ascends.

[@patriciaguenzler9150]

Awesome thanks for the video