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1Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Russia
The top 48 dive and snorkel sites in Russia, ranked by diver reviews, with maps and photos. Read the Russia guide
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AreasIrkutsk Oblast11Primorsky Krai8Krasnodar Krai4Novosibirsk Oblast3Moscow Oblast3Kemerovo Oblast2Irkutskaya oblast'2Chelyabinsk Oblast2
48 sites, ranked by diver reviews
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3Ol'khon North
Ol'khon North is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Russia, Baikal which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
IntermediateMax depth 16.4 ftShore entry
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4Goluboye Lake
Named straight and simple - Goluboe Ozero means Blue Lake. Small and extremely deep karst cavity : 256 meters maximum depth (40 meters avg) and just 15 minutes to walk around. The water is blue indeed and absolutely transparent: from 40 m depth you can still see crowns of the trees on the banks. Dry suite is needed (the water is ever cold 6-9 degrees Celsius). Moscow -Mineralinye Vody by plane ( 2h), than aprox 200 km by car Nalchik direction. Goluboye Lake is also known as Goluboye Ozero.
AdvancedMax depth 131.2 ftShore entry
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6Lake Vad
Hotel, dive centre, water 4-8°C Lake Vad is also known as Озеро Вад.
BeginnerBoat or Shore entry
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7Red stone
Uvildy lake (western side). Red stone is also known as Uvildy lake.
BeginnerMax depth 32.8 ftShore entry
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9Tver' Lake
Tver' Lake is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Russia, Central which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
BeginnerMax depth 13.1 ftShore entry
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10Boston A20 plane
BOSTON A 20 plane of B-3 (A-20 B-30) of 12.04.1944: It was delivered in SA under the law on a lend-lease under the name "Boston And 20 B". It was found in the course of search of other plane of this type. The plane flew up from airfield on the Thin cape with increased (4 FAB-250 in a compartment and FAB-100 under tsentrolyuky) bombing loading. When performing a turn with cleaning of the chassis I entered the provalivaniye mode with sliding on a wing. The plane fell in water approximately in 1.5 km from the coast, Bodies of pilots weren't found. Condition of the plane: It is almost whole, lies on equal sandy soil at a depth of 36 m. The cabin of the navigator is crumpled to the left, is visible at blow about a bottom after flooding. The tail plumage is destroyed on a docking hub 372 and 3/4 (inch) of the line of a fuselage. Its elements are at distance from 3 to 8 meters. Sag in soil of 20 - 30 cm, Soil - sand. Outside the plentiful obrastaniye of mussels (5 - 8 cm), in a fuselage (in a bombing compartment) an obrastaniye is absent. There is an access to a cabin of the pilot and a compartment of shooters of a back hemisphere where on the spherical hinge (not a tourist's fir-tree) large-caliber Colt-Brouning 303 freely rotates. Remains of crew members, or ammunition and personal belongings it isn't found. According to the story of the eyewitness of an event Polyakov Alexey Vasilyevich (I died in 1995), B-3 was attacked by couple of Me-109 one of which was hit by fire of "Boston" and fell in water on removal of 1.2 - 1.5 km
IntermediateMax depth 105 ftBoat entry
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12Ordinskaya cave
length of the cave in the 2800m. Only 300 of 2800 meters total length of the cave Horde - dry passages and halls, and the 2500m - is underwater gallery. ramp, the height of 50 meters. Help Sherpas Ordinskaya cave is also known as Оrdinskaya cave.
IntermediateMax depth 32.8 ftShore entry
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14Krestoviy
Krestoviy is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Russia, Central which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
BeginnerMax depth 45.9 ftBoat entry
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16Convent Bridge
The dive starts in front of the piers standing on the shore. Move along the shore at a depth of up to 5 - 7 meter sail away from the bridge. Swim 20 meters swim the other side of the channel and move, keep shore with our left hand. Before the foot of the bridge you will find the wreckage of the old bridge at a depth of 5 - 2 meters. The maximum depth of 12 meters, the minimum temperature of the water 7 in June and September.
BeginnerMax depth 16.4 ft
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17Lake Teletskoye
Lake Teletskoye is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Russia which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
BeginnerMax depth 23 ftBoat or Shore entry
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19Kharantsy
Kharantsy is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Russia, Baikal which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
IntermediateMax depth 16.4 ftShore entry
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20Kar.Sosnovsky
Kar.Sosnovsky is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Russia, Central which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.
BeginnerMax depth 131.2 ftBoat or Shore entry
Top dive shops in Russia
All 33Diving Club Akvanavt
Book4.9 (93) · Moscow
Ural-Alpha-Diving
Book4.8 (204) · Ekaterinburg
Arctic Circle
Book4.8 (79) · Republic of Karelia
Russia diving guide
Ready to check out the best sites in Russia for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 48 dive sites, snorkel spots, beaches, and more. Discover hand-curated maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.
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Zentacle lists 33 dive shops in Russia. The top-rated are Diving Club Akvanavt (4.9 from 93 reviews) and Ural-Alpha-Diving (4.8 from 204 reviews).