Lom Velká Amerika (TILOS a belépés / entry banned)

Entry to the quarry is officially banned and the site is dangerous (falling rock, several fatal accidents); only clubs with prior consent from the quarry management have dived here. The water filling the quarry floor is about 10-11 m deep under the roughly 70 m high walls, with car wrecks, machinery and a statue as attractions. Current rules could not be confirmed from an official source, so treat any dive as strictly by arrangement with the owner.

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Region: Czechia – Bohemia: Quarries & Lakes
Area: Central Bohemia & Prague
Depth: 0–11 m
Level: intermediate
Current: low
Type: lake, wall
Coordinates: 49.96007, 14.19773
Highlights: huge limestone quarry wall about 70 m high, quarry floor lakes about 10-11 m deep, car wrecks, a soldier statue, a skeleton, visibility about 5 m, up to 25 m under ice, private quarry land with falling-rock hazard
Permit: Owner/management consent required; entry is officially prohibited and trespass can be fined (reported ~15,000 CZK).
Issuer / contact: Lomy Mořina, spol. s r.o. (quarry owner)
Closed / banned site: True
Unverified: Current diving status not confirmed from an official page (no operator contact found); sources are press reports and a dive database (data last changed 2013).
Tips: Do not enter without written/phone consent from the quarry management (Lomy Mořina); the mining authority can fine trespassers. Access, parking and gear transport must be agreed in advance; underground passages are off-limits; loose rock means a climbing rope is needed to reach the water. Past club events (e.g. Snakesub 2019) were one-off permits.

Lom Velká Amerika (TILOS a belépés / entry banned)

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