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The Baltic Sea [94]<br />
The Baltic is a difficult and demanding sea for divers.<br />
Huge waves, strong currents and rapidly changing conditions<br />
underwater require experience and good security<br />
measures. Numerous ship wrecks scattered on the sea<br />
bottom are a reminder of World War II. They are also a<br />
frequent destination of underwater excursions. Gdańsk<br />
Bay has over 200 wrecks in its depths – and that’s only at<br />
the entrances to the harbours in Gdańsk and Gdynia. You<br />
can dive to those which are not used by the Polish Navy.<br />
Close to the Hel Peninsula rests the wreck of the<br />
warship, ORP ‘Groźny’. The over 30-meter-long wreck<br />
is at 18 meters lying on its starboard side. With the good<br />
visibility and modest sea currents it is an excellent location<br />
for first-time divers. Expeditions are organized by professionals<br />
from several wreck diving centers in Hel, Gdynia,<br />
Władysławowo, Łeba and Kołobrzeg.<br />
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In crystal clear lakes [95]<br />
The temperature below the thermocline (depth 9 m) is 4 °C<br />
in Polish lakes in summer. It is best, therefore, to dive in lakes<br />
in warm, dry diving suits and not in wet suits.<br />
Hańcza Lake<br />
(Suwałki Lake District, north-eastern <strong>Poland</strong>)<br />
In the deepest Polish lake (over 108 m) with crystal clear<br />
water (visibility to 30 m) there are underwater rock walls with<br />
tiny caves inhabited by burbots – a fish with a ‘mustache’. The<br />
reservoir is for experienced divers only.<br />
Łańskie Lake<br />
(Rybaki, Olsztyn Lake District)<br />
The lake, located in the vicinity of resorts, is very pure<br />
and is up to 50 m deep. Under the careful eye of instructors<br />
you can dive from the shore, a boat and participate in exciting<br />
night diving.<br />
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Baltic Sea<br />
Hel Hańcza<br />
Gdynia Lake<br />
Łańskie<br />
Lake<br />
Czarnogłowy<br />
Lake<br />
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Białe<br />
Filipowskie<br />
Lake<br />
Jaworzno-Szczakowa<br />
Tatra Mountains Miętusia Cave<br />
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In the darkness of mountain caves [96]<br />
Diving in caves is an extreme sport, accessible to only a few.<br />
A cave diver must be highly resistant to stress and undergo long<br />
training in all the skills needed in this discipline.<br />
The best spots for cave diving are found in the Tatra<br />
Mountains (southern <strong>Poland</strong>): Miętusia Cave (siphons up to<br />
70 meters deep), Snieżna Studnia (the Snow Well Cave) up to<br />
33 m, Wielka Śnieżna Cave (to 15 m), Kasprowa Niżna Cave<br />
(to 24 m) and Bystra Cave (to 28 m).<br />
Diving in a mine [97]<br />
Jaworzno-Szczakowa (80 km west of Krakow)<br />
An artificial reservoir has been formed in an old opencast<br />
dolomite mine. There are two giant mining diggers under the<br />
water forming an underground obstacle course.<br />
Diving here requires experience and can be performed only<br />
with instructors from the Diving Center at this popular reservoir.<br />
Czarnogłowy Lake<br />
(Szczecin Lake District)<br />
The lake (surface 36 ha) is situated in a flooded opencast<br />
silicate mine. It is 40 m deep. The bottom of the lake drops<br />
vertically and an underwater forest of trees between which<br />
only courageous divers swim, can be seen in the emerald water.<br />
On the steep shores of the lake you can find traces of Jurassic<br />
fauna, fossil brachiopods, snails and sea urchins.<br />
Białe Filipowskie Lake [98]<br />
(near Suwałki, north-western <strong>Poland</strong>)<br />
A mountain, crystal clear lake in the lowlands. This is a lake<br />
for those who need to dive in quiet places where only anglers<br />
and colourful aquatic birds are encountered. This post-glacial<br />
lake has a steep shore line making it easy to descend. A private<br />
diving school is located nearby. Length: 3 km, breadth: max<br />
700 meters, average depth 17 m.<br />
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