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Karst spring near Șuncuiuș in the Pădurea Craiului, home of Romania's cave-diving depth record. Salvamont Cluj divers reached 121 m in 2022 and 129 m in February 2024, turning back where the passage narrows because of decompression; it continues downward. The water is no more than 9 °C. Earlier underwater exploration of the spring cost a life.

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Region: Romania – Cave diving & karst springs
Area: Pădurea Craiului
Depth: 0–129 m
Level: advanced
Current: moderate
Type: cave
Coordinates: 46.93304, 22.52067 (approximate)
Highlights: Romania's deepest cave dive: 129 m (2024), water at most 9 °C, 425 m of guideline fixed at 86 points, passage continues downward
Permit: Cave-diving exploration ('speleological dives by specialised teams') is an activity that needs authorisation from the Speleological Heritage Commission (Comisia Patrimoniului Speologic, Bucharest, Bld. Libertății 12); the authorisation sets entries and party size per cave and may include closed periods (e.g. bat hibernation). Diveable only with Full Cave / cave-diver certification, as a specialised team with local cavers; there is no published option for independent recreational dives.
Issuer / contact: Speleological Heritage Commission (Comisia Patrimoniului Speologic), Ministry of Environment
- Email: cps@mmediu.ro
- Website: https://www.mmediu.ro/
Tips: Record-depth trimix exploration, not a visiting dive. The pin marks the spring mapped in OpenStreetMap.

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