DIVING LOCATIONS
GERMANY
The Hemmoor Lake
The Hemmoor Kreidesee resulted from nearly 12 decades of chalk coal extraction and cement production. After it was abandoned it eventually filled with groundwater and today the remaining 33 Hector Lake is with its 60m depth the third deepest lake in northern Germany. The following characteristics can be drawn from the dive site:
Direction: From shore
Depth: The Hemmoor Kreidesee has a depth of 200 feet (61m)
Visibility: Visible up to 100 feet
Cave: No
Night dive: No
Free: No, base license fee applies
Fish and Animals: Crayfish, Trout and latter
Temperature: 12-13 Degrees Celsius (58 degrees Fahrenheit)
What to see: Ruins of the mining facility, wrecks of boats, Industrial equipment and Aeroplanes. …show more content…
Temperature: 14-18 degrees Celsius
Experience: Intermediate
Best dive time is March to April and again from September.
Walchensee lake
Walchensee lake is located about 75 kilometres south of Munich in the Bavarian Alps at 800m above sea level, it offers beautiful views of the surrounding mountains before you plunge down to the beauty below. Near Kiel, the wreck of the Hanau was a 6,000-ton German steam ship that hit a mine in 1944, and now lies broken at around 16 metres. It features the following:
Direction: From shore
Depth: 192 metres
Visibility: up to 10-15 metres
Cave: No
Night dive: No night diving (between 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise)
Free: Yes, but diving is not permitted between October 15 and Feb 1
Fish and Animals: burbot, Koppen, pike, whitefish, lake trout, arctic char, Zander, and Pike
Temperature: 10-16 Degrees Celsius
What to see: wrecks to explore - an armoured car, a Volkswagen Beetle and a Ford, plus three aircraft including a British Avro Lancaster Bomber and a Messerschmitt Bf109 dating back to the second world war, and the wreckage of an Aero Commander …show more content…
The biologically young was created by lignite mining. It features the following
Direction: From shore
Depth: 20-40
Visibility: Medium (5-10) m. It’s good after 12m
Cave: No
Night dive: Yes
Free: No
Fish and Animals: cnidarians, crustaceans, aquatic snails, amphibians and swarms of fish like the Rudd, roach and perch.
Temperature: 10 Degrees Celsius
What to see: Truck cabins, sailboat wreck and underwater forest.
Edersee
Its located in northern Hesse. Edersee is a dam generating electricity owned by the Confederation and is managed by the shipping authority Hann. Münden. Have two diving zones. The following are characteristics:
Direction: From Shore
Depth (30-36) m
Visibility: medium (5-10) m
Cave: No
Night Dive: Yes
Free: Yes
Fish and Animals: Catfish, eels, perch, pikeperch, carp and salmon.
Temperature: 15 Degrees Celsius.
What to see: Remains of monastery walls of the village of beach at 14m depth in diving zone one.
Hemmenhofen
Hemmenhofen is located in the district of Gaienhofen in the southern slope of the peninsula Hori at the Untersee, which is part of Lake Constance. It features the following:
Direction: From Shore
Depth:
GERMANY
The Hemmoor Lake
The Hemmoor Kreidesee resulted from nearly 12 decades of chalk coal extraction and cement production. After it was abandoned it eventually filled with groundwater and today the remaining 33 Hector Lake is with its 60m depth the third deepest lake in northern Germany. The following characteristics can be drawn from the dive site:
Direction: From shore
Depth: The Hemmoor Kreidesee has a depth of 200 feet (61m)
Visibility: Visible up to 100 feet
Cave: No
Night dive: No
Free: No, base license fee applies
Fish and Animals: Crayfish, Trout and latter
Temperature: 12-13 Degrees Celsius (58 degrees Fahrenheit)
What to see: Ruins of the mining facility, wrecks of boats, Industrial equipment and Aeroplanes. …show more content…
Temperature: 14-18 degrees Celsius
Experience: Intermediate
Best dive time is March to April and again from September.
Walchensee lake
Walchensee lake is located about 75 kilometres south of Munich in the Bavarian Alps at 800m above sea level, it offers beautiful views of the surrounding mountains before you plunge down to the beauty below. Near Kiel, the wreck of the Hanau was a 6,000-ton German steam ship that hit a mine in 1944, and now lies broken at around 16 metres. It features the following:
Direction: From shore
Depth: 192 metres
Visibility: up to 10-15 metres
Cave: No
Night dive: No night diving (between 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise)
Free: Yes, but diving is not permitted between October 15 and Feb 1
Fish and Animals: burbot, Koppen, pike, whitefish, lake trout, arctic char, Zander, and Pike
Temperature: 10-16 Degrees Celsius
What to see: wrecks to explore - an armoured car, a Volkswagen Beetle and a Ford, plus three aircraft including a British Avro Lancaster Bomber and a Messerschmitt Bf109 dating back to the second world war, and the wreckage of an Aero Commander …show more content…
The biologically young was created by lignite mining. It features the following
Direction: From shore
Depth: 20-40
Visibility: Medium (5-10) m. It’s good after 12m
Cave: No
Night dive: Yes
Free: No
Fish and Animals: cnidarians, crustaceans, aquatic snails, amphibians and swarms of fish like the Rudd, roach and perch.
Temperature: 10 Degrees Celsius
What to see: Truck cabins, sailboat wreck and underwater forest.
Edersee
Its located in northern Hesse. Edersee is a dam generating electricity owned by the Confederation and is managed by the shipping authority Hann. Münden. Have two diving zones. The following are characteristics:
Direction: From Shore
Depth (30-36) m
Visibility: medium (5-10) m
Cave: No
Night Dive: Yes
Free: Yes
Fish and Animals: Catfish, eels, perch, pikeperch, carp and salmon.
Temperature: 15 Degrees Celsius.
What to see: Remains of monastery walls of the village of beach at 14m depth in diving zone one.
Hemmenhofen
Hemmenhofen is located in the district of Gaienhofen in the southern slope of the peninsula Hori at the Untersee, which is part of Lake Constance. It features the following:
Direction: From Shore
Depth: