The swimming lake offers several entry points for a dive, and registration is NOT required. Important note: Do not dive below or even in the area of the lifts at the Northbound wakeboard facility during operating hours!

The Banter See is a large rectangular 22m deep sailing, diving, surfing and swimming lake. Separated from the North Sea by the Grodendamm embankment, the lake still has a slight salt content today. Ruins, the bow of a harbor barge and blown-up quays can be found on site due to the war.

The Veenmeer and diving lake in Tynarlo/Holland is located on its own campsite. Perfectly suited for practice dives, also for children’s dives and often has reasonable visibility.

Sand was extracted in the 1990s. It’s a private lake, and only select divers are allowed there. The area is unfenced but open to the public. Nice place in the Forrest

The small Bornhorster See, also known as “Borni“ to us divers, is a fishing, diving and bathing lake with a maximum depth of 16m that was dug out for the construction of the motorway. One of the entrances can be reached from the car park via a forest path about 100m long. Visibility varies between 3-5m.

Gasselterveld is a beautifully located dive site in Drenthe. It is a deep lake with clear water and fine sand. There are no fish, but you dive in a beautiful environment with good visibility and a nice sloping bottom.

The Blankenburg Lake, known to divers as “Blanki“, is a 21.5 hectare large and 16m deep rectangular quarry lake. Excavated for highway construction, the lake is now known as a fishing, diving and swimming lake. One of the entrances can be reached on the north bank from the parking lot via a trail.

Near the border with Ter Apel (Groningen, Netherlands) lies Dankern. A lake with light blue water and a nice underwater park. Not much life, but the visibility and the nice objects makes up for this.

Zwembad de Peppel is a swimming pool in Ede. It consists of a competition pool, reactive section with (tyre) gybes and an outdoor pool for the summer season.

The so-called “Möllersee“ is located in Meppen, near Schlagbrückener See, and is a popular swimming lake on Panzerstraße. During the development of the northern outskirts of Meppen, a sand extraction site was created here, which has since developed into a near-natural lake.