Dennis Bakhuis

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Dive #598 · Sunday, 29 September 2024 · 15:41–16:16

Émergence du Ressel

Marcilhac-sur-Célé, Lot The Quercy causses

cave

Profile
Max depth
9.2 m
Avg depth
3.9 m
Bottom time
35 min
Water
13 °C

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Mode
Open circuit
Surface interval
2:52

Where

Émergence du Ressel

cave part of Réseau Gramat-Sud site max 32.6 m

The most-dived cave in the log outside Mexico, and one of the great exploration caves of Europe — a window into a flooded network draining 330 km² of the Causse de Gramat.

Dive 25 of 25 here · first 2018 · last Sept 2024

The Quercy causses →

On the map

Ressel survey

No route marked

CéléRessel↓8 mGalerie des blocs↓6 m↓11 m180 m↓7 mFaillePassage supérieur↓10 m↓10 mPassage inférieur↓16 mCloche 255 m↓18 mPuits 1Puits 2 358 m↓23 mPuits 3↓31 mPuits 4↓46 m↓50 m↓53 m712 m↓54 m830 mPuits 5Puits 6 930 mGalerie profonde1000 m↓67 mGalerie supérieure↓60 m1160 m↓68 mSalle NordGalerie Nord↓62 mPuits 7 1542 m↓83 m↓60 m1595 m↓47 mLac TPuits Hasenmayer↓13 mLac Isler 1850 m, end of sump 1CO2-PromenadeGalerie RJPuits 9Lac des BlocsSiphon 2Siphon 2aMetroSchikaneSiphon 3Salle BivouacSiphon 4Lac longSiphon 5ResseldomSiphon 6↓13 m↓10 m↓13 m↓18 m↓25 mKreidhalle↓17 mN100 m
  • Entrance
  • T
  • End of line
  • Air
  • Shoreline
  • Depth
  • Along the line

Profile

ZHL-16C GF · GF 50/85 · Perdix #602

0 m2 m5 m7 m10 m0′9′17′26′35′44′14 °C13 °C
Avg depth
3.9 m
Deepest at
13:50
Descent
7.4 m/min
fastest
Ascent
7.2 m/min
fastest
Samples
262
every 8.1 s
depth water temperature hover or touch the chart for the computer's readout

From dive computer (record #602); never logged on paper

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