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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 ice dives for certified (ICE Diver) divers:
1 dive per day: 3400 rubles
3 days ice diving package: 9900
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: 12800 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
equivalent. |
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).
All of our instructors are professional, experienced divers. We pride ourselves on a combining a
personal approach with the highest level of expertise.
- Genady Misan: Instructor CMAS***, Advanced Trimix
Instructor TDI, Open Water Instructor SDI, Trimix Instructor Trener IANTD. He is Russian cold water diving champion
and has been down to depths in excess of 155 metres!
- Tatiana Oparina: EANx instructor IANTD, Advanced Trimix
diver TDI
We are ready to show all the beauty of Lake Baikal under the ice with the professionalism you
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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 must construct 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
Daily ice dives for certified (ICE Diver) divers:
1 dive per day: 3400
rubles
3 days ice diving package: 9900 rubles
Prices include:
- all necessary equipment: dry suit, tanks,
weights and weight belts, fins, regulators, masks, BC
- technical instructor/guide
People who don't have Ice
diver certificate can take an Ice diving safari tour and go through a course during the tour.
Contact us to book a diving safari or ask any question. |
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