Silfra Fissure
Iceland – Þingvellir, Iceland
Glacial meltwater between two tectonic plates, with visibility that can pass 100 m.
- Open Water
- Fissure
Lake, spring and flooded mine dives
Freshwater dives: lakes, springs, fissures and flooded mines. 36 dive sites, each with its depth and the level we recommend.
Highlights
Hidden gem
Bonne Terre Mine
Bonne Terre Mine, United States
Guided trail dives in a flooded mine lit by over 500,000 watts, in constant 58°F water with about 100-foot visibility.
- Advanced
- Flooded mine
Hidden gem
Barracuda Lake
Coron, Philippines
A lake where fresh water sits on top of salt water heated by geothermal vents to 38 C, with a resident barracuda.
- Advanced
- Lake
- Barracuda
Devil's Den
Florida Springs, United States
An underground spring inside a dry cave, with stalactite rock formations and Pleistocene fossil beds, at 72 °F year round.
- Advanced
- Spring
Hidden gem
Kreidesee Hemmoor
Hemmoor Chalk Lake, Germany
A flooded chalk quarry to 60 m with an old access road, flooded houses and forest, plus a sailboat at 14 m and a plane at 12 m.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Hidden gem
Lake Kaindy
Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan
Trunks of submerged Schrenk's spruce stand in a 2,000 m alpine lake dammed by a landslide from the 1911 Kebin earthquake.
- Experienced
- Ice dive
Lake Tignes Ice Dive
Lake Tignes, France
Guided dives under 1-2 m of ice on the natural lake of Tignes, where trout overwinter beneath the frozen surface.
- Advanced
- Ice dive
Troy Spring
Florida Springs, United States
A 70-ft first-magnitude spring with the remains of the Civil War steamboat Madison, scuttled in 1863, in its shallow run.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Lake Thingvallavatn
Iceland – Þingvellir, Iceland
- Open Water
- Fissure
All 36 dive sites, by destination
Levels with a dashed outline are estimates we are still checking against published sources.
Tobermory (Fathom Five), Canada
- ArabiaExperienced37 m
- Niagara IIAdvanced31 m
- The Caves (Grotto)Advanced6 m
- The TugsOpen Water13 m
- Big Tub Lighthouse PointAdvanced23 m
- Caroline RoseOpen Water17 m
- Charles P. MinchOpen Water16 m
- City of Grand RapidsOpen Water5 m
- James C. KingAdvanced30 m
- Points WestOpen Water15 m
- SweepstakesOpen Water7 m
- W. L. WetmoreOpen Water7 m
Florida Springs, United States
- Devil's DenAdvanced16 m
- Troy SpringAdvanced21 m
- Blue GrottoAdvanced18 m
- Ginnie Springs (Ginnie Ballroom)Advanced15 m
Iceland – Þingvellir, Iceland
- Silfra FissureOpen Water18 m
- Lake ThingvallavatnOpen Water
- DavíðsgjáAdvanced30 m
Utah inland dives (Bonneville Seabase & Homestead Crater), United States
- Blue Lake (Wendover)Open Water18 m
- The Crater at HomesteadAdvanced20 m
- Bonneville SeabaseOpen Water5 m
Great Lakes Shipwrecks (Thunder Bay), United States
- F.T. BarneyTechnical48.8 m
- MonohansettOpen Water5.5 m
Bonne Terre Mine, United States
- Bonne Terre MineAdvanced
Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland), Canada
- Bell Island #2 MineTechnical30 m
Coron, Philippines
- Barracuda LakeAdvanced35 m
Hemmoor Chalk Lake, Germany
- Kreidesee HemmoorAdvanced60 m
Lago di Capo d'Acqua, Italy
- Capo d'Acqua Submerged MillsAdvanced10 m
Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan
- Lake KaindyExperienced30 m
Lake Tignes, France
- Lake Tignes Ice DiveAdvanced
Mediano Reservoir, Spain
- Mediano Sunken ChurchAdvanced
Narvik & Lofoten, Norway
- Junkers Ju 52 (Hartvikvatnet)Open Water9 m
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
- Taketomi Island Submarine Hot SpringOpen Water20 m
Rummu Quarry, Estonia
- Rummu Underwater PrisonOpen Water14 m
Sundhäuser See, Germany
- Nordhusia Underwater VillageOpen Water40 m
Photo credits
- Silfra Fissure dive site, Iceland, Thomei08 ich bin ein Kiwi / Thomei08 at German Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bonne Terre Mine dive site, Missouri, Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Barracuda Lake Dive site, Coron, Madcel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Devil's Den Spring dive site, Florida, Eric Beach, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Diver above a shark sculpture in Kreidesee Hemmoor, Dr. W. Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Drowned spruce trunks rising from Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan, Katariyakartikey, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lake Tignes Ice Dive site, French Alps, Rundvald, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Clear water of Troy Spring, Florida, Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lake Thingvallavatn dive site, Iceland, sikeri from Silver Spring, MD, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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