Fairy tale lake

diving, Travels

Today I was diving one of the most amazing spots I’ve ever seen! It was like diving in a fairy tale! The Samaranger See is known for its limitless visibilty. It is a small lake and divers are limited to 4 at one time together in the lake. On top of that you need to have at least 100 logged dives in your logbook to access the place. Ah yes, did I mention that you only have access if you stay at least 2 nights in the owner’s hotel?

All I can tell you is that it is worth all this!

When you enter the 8C water you quickly come to see tree trunks which have fallen into the lake. Everything is covered in a whitish thick algae carpet. Touching is strickly forbidden. Watch your buoyancy!!!

Well enough words, see by yourself…

Chris inspecting the place

the famous one...

searching for the sun

trees below and above

Mikado

The weirdest dive ever!!!

diving

Today we arrived in Austria at the Hotel Schloss Fernsteinsee and had our first 2 dives in the Fernsteinsee.

The spot is known for its incredible visibility, which we could witness on our first dive in 10 C waters

sunbursts

meee

But the second dive was all different. Due to heavy rain the water was mixed up like in a fairy tale. The first meter below the surface was still clear and below was …the fog!

See by yourself :

Chris vanishes in the mist…

A lonesome tree …

…just above the abyss.

Let’s see what tomorrow brings. We still have the Samaranger lake and the Blindsee to dive…and we have to taste all this yummie Austrian desserts 🙂

La competition – the competition

diving, PhotoCompetitons

La deuxième journée était plus belle et nous a également permis de sortir l’appareil photo sur le bateau pour documenter le déroulement de la journée.
Nous étions 11 photographes avec leurs assistants, ce qui fait beaucoup de bordel!
The second day was nice and warm so we were able to take a few shots on the boat in order to document the life on the boat. We were 11 photographers with their assistants which makes a lot of stuff!

Les cartes mémoires nous sont données sur le bateau par l’organisation. D’ailleurs on n’a pas le droit de toucher a l’appareil sans leur présence.
The memory cards are handed over by the organisation team on the boat. They also check all handling of your cameras.