freshwater

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

This week-end we had great weather around here. Chilly temperatures but lots of sunshine. All in all a great autumnal week-end. After a couple of dives with OW students I decided to go for a dusk dive with Rocky. A great occasion t o try out my new Woody’s diopter which arrived a couple of days ago. Visibilty was great during the day but had now dropped dramatically to less than a mere meter at times!!!

European perch

Nevertheless the outcome was better than reality. That’s often the case when I take photos here in the lake. While watching the pictures Rocky said that he would have loved to be on the same dive than me. LOL