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Lake Baikal diving in winter - ICE Diving
Experience the best of Lake Baikal's
underice topography.
Looking for extreme diving? You've found it. The Siberian lake Baikal Ice Diving allows you
to test the limits of fun.
Daily ice dives take place from Listvyanka village on the shores of Lake Baikal (one
hour's drive from Irkutsk) all year round. |
Dive under Siberian ice in Lake Baikal! Any certified ice diver is welcome. BaikalEx dive club has all the necessary
equipment. For summer dives and Baikal diving cruises please click here
Daily Introduction dives for non-certified divers:
1 dive per day: 2900 rubles (max. depth 9m)
Price includes:
- personal instruction and dive held on by an instructor
- all necessary equipment: tanks, weights, weight belts, dry/wet
suit, fins, regulator, mask, BC.
Daily ice dives for certified (ICE Diver) divers:
1 dive per day: 4100 rubles
3 days ice diving package: 12000
rubles
Prices include:
- all necessary equipment: dry suit, tanks, weights and weight belts, fins, regulators, masks,
BC
- technical instructor/guide
Take advantage of Siberia's unique environment to complete your International Ice
Diving Certificate (Ice Diver) in the world's deepest and purest fresh water lake. Baikal's remarkable underwater visibility
guarantees an incomparable diving experience.
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ICE Diver Course:
Duration: 3 days
Price: 14800 rubles
Price includes: theory, personal instruction, in-water
training, training in ice diving preparation, general ice skills, three dives with an instructor, all equipment with dry suite,
international Ice Diving certificate CMAS/IANTD/SDI.
Prerequisites: Dry Suit Diver certificate or Advanced OWD or
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During the course you'll learn ice diving planning, organization, techniques and potential problems as well as site
selection, preparation, special equipment and safety diver procedures. You'll then put this all into practice when
you ice dive within the light zone (within 40 meters/130 feet total distance from the surface, including vertical
and horizontal).
Diving instructors:
Genady Misan:
- CMAS 3* instructor N RUS
F00/13/06/000025
- Trimix instructor - trainer IANTD N 574
- Trimix instructor IANTD N 7120
- ER instructor
- trainer TDI N 5721
- Advanced Trimix instructor TDI N 5721
- Instructor - trainer SDI N 5721
- Full Cave
instructor TDI N 5721
- Site Mount Instructor TDI N 5721
Genady is Russian cold water diving champion and has
been down to depths in excess of 155 metres!
Tatiana Oparina:
- Trimix instructor IANTD N 4834
- Full Cave diver TDI
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All of our instructors are experienced divers. We are ready to show all the beauty of Lake Baikal under the ice with
the professionalism you are looking for.
Contact us to book a diving day.
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Ice Diving period |
Water t° (depth>10m) |
Visibility (depth>10m) |
Air t° (daytime) |
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January/Ice formations
February
March
April/Ice melting |
+1C,+2C (33.8F,35.6F)
+0.5C,+1.5C (32.9F,34.7F)
+0.5C,+1.5C (32.9F,34.7F)
+1C,+2C (33.8F,35.6F) |
45-50m (147-164ft.)
40-45m (131-147ft.)
40-45m (131-147ft.)
45-50m (147-164ft.) |
-25C,-33C (-13F,-27.4F)
-20C,-30C (-4F,-22F)
-8C,-18C (17.6F,-0.4F)
-7C,-10C (19.4F,14F) |
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Baikal Ice Diving Safari!
Baikal Ice Diving Safari period: from February till the middle of April.
Baikal Ice Dive Safari duration: from 1 to 6 days and include 1, 2 dives per day.
Trips are started
in Irkutsk with the driving to the destination points (Olkhon Island 300km, Circumbaikal railway 100km, Bolshie
Koty 100km). Olkhon Island is one |
one of the most popular destinations. Ice diving trips in Olkhon take 4-6 days. Accommodation is in the local guesthouse,
home-made meals 3 times per day, jeeps Toyota and russian military jeeps UAZ are used for the trip. Professional ice captains
support the safari. Diving is performed with safety ropes according to PADI standards using experienced instructors and dive
guides.
Construction of the maina (sawed rectangular entry hole) is the first task upon arrival at
the camp. Our dive center staff usually prepare the maina, but divers taking the Ice Dive Course can try to make it by
themselves.
Provided/rented diving equipment:
- Dry suit (neoprene dry suites)
- Warm dry
undergarments
- Two unfreezing regulators
- BCD with integrated weight system
- Mask, fins, tube, 15 liter
tanks, weights, weight belts
- Gloves (three-finger mitts or dry gloves with rings)
- Diving computer
- Powerful rechargeable torch
People who don't have Ice diver certificate can take an Ice diving safari tour
and go through a course during the tour.
Ice Diver Course in Olkhon island:
Price: 7500 R per day
Minimum duration: 3 days
Price includes:
- 2 dives per day (one dive on the 1st or last days)
- all necessary equipment: dry suit, tanks, weights and weight belts, fins, regulators, masks, BC
- technical instructor/guide
- guesthouse accommodation / twin
- meals 3 times per day
- banya / steam bath
- local jeep support on ice, driver, driver's travel expenses
- international Ice Diving certificate
Contact us to book a diving safari or ask any question. |
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