Dive of the Week: Austria’s Green Lake

20 03 2012

There are so many weird and wonderful places in the world to dive that it’s hard to keep track, from diving between continental plates in Iceland to pristine South American lagoons.

But this week’s ‘Dive of the Week’ is a little different, as you can only dive it at certain times of the year.

Green Lake in Austria’s Hochschwab Mountains is actually part of a hiking trail in the winter, but the snow melts in early summer and creates a completely clear lake for divers to explore – just look at that visibility!

The lake has a grassy bottom, complete with underwater trails, park benches, and bridges, so makes for quite an interesting and unusual dive – though the marine life is somewhat lacking!





Exploring volcanic rocks in Fuerteventura

22 10 2011

Sue and Pete recently returned from a very enjoyable dive trip to Fuerteventura in Spain’s sunny Canary Islands to explore underwater volcanic rock formations and a host of marine life.

They dived with Deep Blue, a family-friendly dive centre based on the East Coast of Fuerteventura who specialise in excursions to explore the striking formations of volcanic rock in the waters around the island.

Diving to around 30 metres on each trip, Sue and Pete visited the Baranco reef where they saw sea bream, groupers and lots of urchins.

They also dived the Caleta de Fuste and Canino de Altura Fuerteventura sites where they saw beautiful eagle rays and large tuna.

Sue says their favourite dive was the Pyramid, a stunning formation of natural rock in a perfect pyramid.

Check out live webcams of diving on the Deep Blue website.

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