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Dive #61 · Sunday, 8 June 2008 · 17:23–18:00

Oostvoornse Meer

Oostvoorne, South Holland Dutch inland lakes

boat As ticked in the paper log: Salt Water; Fun; Entry: Giant Stride

Max depth
10.3 m
Bottom time
37 min
Surface
19 °C
Air
24 °C
Thermocline
9.5 m
Visibility
3-4

Kit

Gas
Air
Cylinder
Steel, single, 10 L
Pressure
210 → 80 bar
Mode
Open circuit
Weights
9 kg
Suit
7 mm, vest, shorty, hoodie, gloves, booties, open-heel fins
Surface interval
22:40
Safety stop
3 min
Difficulty
1 (easy)

Where

Oostvoornse Meer

lake site max 14.8 m

Forty metres deep, brackish, unnaturally clear, full of wrecks — a lake made by the Delta Works out of the mouth of a river, and one of the most important training waters in the country.

Dive 1 of 2 here · first 2008 · last Apr 2015

On the map

Slag Stormvogel

No route marked

↓6 m↓10 m↓15 m↓17 m↓20 mBandenspoorSteigerHuisje↓20 mBabbelbox↓15 mBus↓15 mWerkbank↓15 mRotterdamned↓15 mBootje↓10 mBoei↓12 mPlatform↓9 mGlijbaan↓7 mBanden↓9 mKever↓6 mMelvin↓5 mBoei↓9 mPlatform↓6 mKist↓12 mBootje↓16 mBootje↓15 mRobot↓17 mHeipalenbos↓10 mBuizen↓12 mBoei↓10 mDuikhelm↓13 mPlatform↓10 mAnker↓9 mVlot↓6 mTrap 1↓0 mTrap 2↓0 mTrap 3↓0 mTrap 4↓0 mInstap mindervaliden↓0 mN20 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Bus
  • Car
  • Boat
  • Wreck
  • Platform
  • Statue
  • Container
  • Pipe / tube
  • Anchor
  • House / hut
  • Other object
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Wall / drop-off
  • Guide line
  • Depth

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First time in the Oostvoornse Meer. Fine dive although we ran into a lot of silt stirred up by previous visitors. We found the slide, the cage and both platforms at 10 m. There was hardly any life, only 6 gobies.

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