Haustein Steina

The Prellesee former granite quarry is also called Kesselbruch. The water depth is 46.5m with 1.8 hectares surface area. Visibility is usually 6 - 12m. Access is regulated by the allocation of keys. Registration and sign-out is usually done via the dive center Steina.

Tauchbasis Sparmann is a disused quarry in the town of Kamenz. At around seventy meters, the current lake is the second deepest body of water in Saxony and one of the deepest in Germany. The base building, compressor room, outside and inside diving tables, everything a diver's heart desires.

The quarry’s main building has a toilet, shower, changing rooms, and a hotel nearby. It is possible to put up a tent for camping. A steep descent down the metal stairs leads to the water with one entrance and one exit. At the stairs, it is possible to descend to 5m at buoy no. 1.

In the lake, shell nets, the remains of a construction trailer, a motorboat, motorcycle and much more. Accessible via Pirnaer Landstrasse, Leubener Straße and Am Fuchsbau 1 in 01279 Dresden. Inquiries about the use and the entry fees via Tauchtreff Dresden, Tel. (0351) 3109110.

The Riesenstein quarry lake in Meissen with a diving center. With a maximum water depth of 18 meters, the quarry lake is perfect diving water for all scuba divers. The body of water is idyllically situated in the middle of Meissen. Underwater you can expect visibility between 4 and 15 meters all year round.

Wetro gold quarry, basalt mining. Very beautiful quarry lake with camping site, consisting of 2 pits separated by a dam at a depth of approx. 18m.

Geopark 1 BABINA area near Leknica is situated in a forest by the trail and belongs to the UNESCO heritage. A car park has recently been built and the access road from the exit and the gas station on the DK12 road to the German border has been improved.

A lake in a residual pit after lignite mining, which filled up spontaneously in the 1970s. In the water there are a lot of man-made attractions such as a caisson, a car wreck, statues and also training plates.

The location is near the town of Most. Artificially flooded open-pit mine. Distance from Prague about 85km (1:15hrs drive time), 4km from Most by car you can drive “to the water“.

The quarry in Wildschütz has a nice shallow water zone for recreational divers, many fish. The deep pump house at about 70m depth only for technical divers. In addition to many artificially sunk attractions, you can still see a lot from the active time of the quarry.