Dennis Bakhuis

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🇳🇱 Leemslagenplas

Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

A clay pit on the edge of Almelo, dived once in November 2007.

Dives here
1
Deepest
12.8 m
Water
fresh
First · last
2007
Also known as
Leemslagen Plas

Revision 1 · changed 10 Oct 2026

History
  1. r1 10 Oct 2026 Imported from the personal log · Dennis Bakhuis

Site data © divelog-sites contributors (ODbL), descriptions and maps CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

1 map

UK269Bandenspoor · 47 mBandenspoor · 40 m↓5 m↓10 m↓15 m↓20 m↓25 m57 m35 m32 m39 m31 m58 m35 m61 m41 m30 m67 m35 m69 mInstapWrak↓10.5 mWrak↓4.5 mAmforenveld↓6 mShovelband↓15 mUK269↓24 mWrak↓11 mVerkeersbordenWrak↓12 mPaal↓10 mPlatform↓10 mStrijdkarCanyon (drop-off)↓27 mShovelbandAuto↓5 mWipkipZuilPvc-buizenN50 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Point of interest
  • Car
  • Boat
  • Wreck
  • Platform
  • Wipkip
  • Pipe / tube
  • Other object
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Dive path
  • Wall / drop-off
  • Wreck footprint
  • Depth
  • Along the line
Site map · 17 objects · 2 paths · 608 m of line · max 27 m

Leemslagenplas at Almelo: the underwater course from the entry at the end of the access road on the east bank, with boat wrecks at 4.5-12 m, a platform, the UK269 Urk cutter at 22-24 m (buoys on the fore and aft deck) and the canyon drop-off at 27 m; the lake bottom is to the west of the entry. Shoreline from OpenStreetMap; depth lines are schematic and all positions are approximate. The UK-JE (9 m, sunk 2014) is not drawn.

Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

The Leemslagenplas at Almelo — leem is loam, and this was a clay working before it filled. One dive, 10 November 2007, to 12.8 m for 32 minutes, which in a Dutch clay pit in November is a respectable amount of time to spend.

Dived here with

Floris Kim

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1 dive at Leemslagenplas

  1. 10 Nov 2007 with Floris, Kim date10 Nov 2007 depth12.8 m time32 min water—