Seebad

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.

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.

The Ratzersdorfersee is used in the summer months as a bathing lake where diving is permitted all year round. Especially night dives are very interesting, because the fish richness can be seen mainly at night. In the winter months the visibility is best with up to 10 meters.

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.

This site descends up to 15m with an interesting, sloping bank. Many eels can be found at night in the overgrown bank area.

This dive site has a max depth of 40m. The shore is initially very shallow, then changes to a steep face with shells and sponges. The safest way to find the wall is from the buoy, which is located directly opposite the entrance, about 20m from the shore.

Hotel Das Traunsee has a max depth of 30m. The bank structure is fairly shallow with a steep face. You can find platforms at 5m and 10m. Special features include a VW Bus at 12m. Enter from under the parking lot at the landing stage.

This is a deep dive at over 80m. There is a steep face that continuations the small Sonnsteins. There are beautiful overhangs and small grottos. Attention: This dive is only for safe and experienced divers.

Traunfall dive site is in the reservoir area where depth averages 8m. Visibility can get up to 30m. The shore structure is steep to the bottom and you can see many pikes and an old roman salt road.

A nice, long drift dive. Here you cover a distance of about 2 kilometers downstream. Depending on the current, this dive can take between 30 (at extreme high water) and 115 (at deepest water) minutes.