Quarry dive for ice-diving practice and skills training.
Quarry dive for ice-diving practice and skills training.
Kiskon Avolouhos is an open-pit quarry in Salo used as a shore dive and as a place to practice ice diving. The site is built for skills and training rather than tropical scenery, with quarry walls, artifacts, and occasional freshwater life such as crabs, perch, and roach giving it a stark inland-training feel in winter.
Depth range, seasonality, and planning context.
Reported Depth
Up to 18m
Depth Note
An 18 m deeper side is mentioned for exercises and training; no other depth range is provided.
Best Season
Winter ice-diving season.
Typical Conditions
Quarry walls, training exercises, artifacts, and cold-water conditions with variable visibility.
Hazards, restrictions, and access requirements.
Key Hazards
Safety Notes
Often used for ice-diving practice; appropriate ice-diving training and procedures are implied.
Access Restrictions
Best for divers trained for cold-water and ice-diving procedures.
Legal Notes
Use appropriate ice-diving training and site procedures before entering.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
Mentioned as a place to practice ice diving, with an area around 18 m for training exercises.
Freediving
Not a freedive-first site in the current record; the quarry is framed as a scuba training environment.
Snorkeling
Not a snorkel-first site; the key features are the quarry walls and training environment below the surface.
Species commonly reported at this site, with direct links into their wildlife guides.
Community dive logs and visit reports for this site.
Average conditions based on logged dives & visits.
Planning answers for access, conditions, timing, and site logistics.
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Historic flooded mine with cold, clear water and overhead passages.