🇦🇹Austria

Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Nov 8, 2026.

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• Austrian National Tourist Office: diving - National dive regions, freshwater landscape, conservation and summer activities.
• Austrian National Tourist Office: bathing lakes - Typical summer bathing-water temperatures and regional lake options.
• Upper Austria provincial government: lake diving rights - Public versus private water law and need for local ownership/restriction checks.
• Attersee tourism: ten diving commandments - Reeds, spawning, designated entries, no-contact buoyancy and buddy diving.
• Attersee tourism: apnea infrastructure - Attersee freediving platforms, descent lines, classes and events.
• Salzkammergut tourism: diving - Attersee, Mondsee, Wolfgangsee, Traunsee and additional regional diving.
• ARGE Tauchen: Wolfgangsee restrictions - Fish spawning season dates and narrow cardholder exception areas.
• ARGE Tauchen: Dive Card - Distinguishes private-water access and voluntary card support in public lakes.
• Austrian Federal Forests: diving rights - Private lake permissions and protected zones including Hallstaettersee and Gosausee.
• Achensee tourism: 2026 scuba license - From EUR 12; 1 Apr to 30 Nov 2026; designated area only.
• City of Innsbruck: Achensee lake administration - City ownership, permitted uses and license administration.
• Tyrol regional government: Plansee/Heiterwanger See rules - Official 2018 diving order: individually permitted Plansee zones and Heiterwanger See scuba ban; inspect current applicability before a visit.
• MOHR life resort: Blindsee diving - Private lake access, scuba offering and published EUR 20 per day permission.
• Fernsteinsee hotel: diving conditions - Cold water, private lake ownership and two-night hotel access.
• Fernsteinsee hotel: August 2026 dive rules - Exact 80/100 logged dives, two nights, no training/equipment rental and sensitive habitat protections.
• Visit Villach: diving and Faaker See ban - Official statement that scuba diving is prohibited on Faaker See.
• Dive Center Klopeiner See: local dive permit - Municipal permission and historical fee display, with dated 2024 hours, not a verified 2026 price.
• Weissensee tourism: diving - Cold-water forest sites, boat and shore operator support and wildlife.
• Weissensee tourism: organized ice diving - Conditional winter specialist activity and supervised providers.
• Achensee tourism: Freedive Tirol beginner session - Documented guided session, equipment, provider and published starting price.
• Austrian official bathing-water quality database - Official monitored bathing-water quality, warning and temperature data.
• Salzkammergut tourism: updated 2026 overnight taxes - November 2026 Upper Austria base increase and municipality-specific higher rates, superseding stale tourism pages.
• Achensee tourism: visitor tax and tipping - Local overnight visitor tax, currency and tipping guidance.
• Austrian Foreign Ministry: visa rules - General Schengen visa policies and visa-free tourist stays.
• EU official ETIAS FAQs - ETIAS status as of research: not operating and no applications accepted.
• European Commission: EES border system - External border EES fully operating since 10 Apr 2026.
• Austrian Government: emergency numbers - 112, 144, 140 and regional emergency numbers.
• Austrian public health portal: dive-accident hotlines - Austrian diver accident contacts and specialist regional chamber routing.
• DAN: flying after diving - Minimum planning intervals and decompression risk; no guarantee against injury.
• DAN: postdive ascent by road - Additional decompression stress when driving to higher altitude after diving.
• UNESCO: Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps - Protected lakeshore archaeology in Austria and neighboring Alpine countries.
• Electrical Safety First: Austrian plugs - 230V, 50Hz, Type C and F sockets.
• ARGE Tauchen: digital Dive Card 2026 price and validity - Official ARGE store confirms EUR 18 digital pass for 1 December 2025 through 31 January 2027; keep email payment receipt.
• Country hero photo by Simon Wiedensohler - Photo on Unsplash under the Unsplash License. Photographer: https://unsplash.com/@simonwiedensohler