CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands > CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (parts 402 to 432) > PART 423—PUBLIC CONDUCT ON BUREAU OF RECLAMATION FACILITIES, LANDS, AND WATERBODIES > SUBPART C—Rules of Conduct (§423.20 to §423.44) > 423.36—Swimming.

423.36—Swimming.

(a) You may swim, wade, snorkel, scuba dive, raft, or tube at your own risk in Reclamation waters, except:
(1) Within 300 yards of dams, power plants, pumping plants, spillways, stilling basins, gates, intake structures, and outlet works;
(2) Within 100 yards of buoys or barriers marking public access limits;
(3) In canals, laterals, siphons, tunnels, and drainage works;
(4) At public docks, launching sites, and designated mooring areas; or
(5) As otherwise delineated by signs or other markers.
(b) You must display an international diver down, or inland diving flag in accordance with State and U.S. Coast Guard guidelines when engaging in any underwater activities.
(c) You must not dive, jump, or swing from dams, spillways, bridges, cables, towers, or other structures.