Ratzersdorfer See

The Erlaufsee is a mountain lake at the foot of the Gemeindealpe not far from the village of Mitterbach am Erlaufsee. The border between Lower Austria and Styria runs through the lake. The ARGE DiveCard is mandatory.

Entry by the stairs at the jetty. On the right side there are several platforms and after a few minutes there is a rock wall that reaches to about 25m depth. On the left side is the pike meadow, to about 7m, it is nicely overgrown with underwater plants.

The dive site at the Lunzersee is a steeply sloping dive site, where you can reach almost 26 meters directly after the entrance. Furthermore, there are several platforms that are arranged one below the other.

Dive site Neufeldsee Strandbad. Located at the southern end of the Neufeldsee. Access from the parking lot about 100m. Two jetties are available. There is a platform at 5m deep. The shore area is shallow, then steeply slopes down to >8m. WC facilities are open in the winter.

In front of the area of Tauch-Sport-Vienna and the shore the bottom is slightly sloping, which leads to a platform at 5m (heading east) and to a Neptune figure and a 2m-long shark made of plastic at about 7m. From the platform at 5m lines lead to a platform at 10m (heading south) and 20m (heading east).

About 16-18 min north, 30-50m from shore, you will reach a steep wall that drops down to about 20m. Above it, at a depth of 5m, there is an extensive “seagrass meadow“ (sago pondweed), bordered in the west by the rising shore, which you can follow on your right, back to the entrance.

Going south past the platform at 10m, you can dive for a long time at a depth 15 - 20m over several ridges. Under the shore in the west there is a smaller steep wall with small caves. Above an overgrown edge at about 6m, you can follow, along your left shoulder, back to the entrance.

The artificial lake (lignite was mined here) near Vienna offers many training opportunities for beginners and advanced divers, especially at the TB Lorenc entrance; currently 2 5, 2 8, 12 and 20 meter platforms, 2 buoyancy tubes and many new sights sunk by dedicated divers.

Lake Pichlinger is an artificially created recreational area in the southeast of Linz, in the district of Ebelsberg. It includes the bathing lake, the green belt with various parking lots, restaurants, and snack bars, playgrounds and a camping site.

The attraction of this dive site are certainly the countless fish that approach the diver extremely trusting and curious. Treasure divers are also catered for here. All kinds of objects such as statues, treasure chests or cannons are scattered around the lake.