Popradské pleso (csak engedéllyel / permit only)
Permit only: a glacial lake in the Mengusovská dolina in the High Tatras (Tatra National Park) at about 1,494 m, under the strictest level of nature protection; diving needs a permit from the environmental authority in Prešov. Divers who did it describe great diving with visibility up to 10 m. The lake used to be called Rybie pleso ('fish lake') as one of the few Tatra lakes with fish: brown trout breed naturally here and in the inflowing Ľadový potok.
Facts
- Region: Slovakia – Quarries, Tajchy & Reservoirs
- Area: High Tatras, Spiš & Slovak Paradise
- Depth: 0–17 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: low
- Type: bay
- Coordinates: 49.15472, 20.07997
- Highlights: glacial lake at about 1,494 m in the High Tatras, strictest level of nature protection, visibility up to 10 m, naturally breeding brown trout
- Permit: According to the diver database (2006–2008) diving needs a permit from the regional environment office in Prešov; since 2013 that role belongs to the environment department of the District Office Prešov. The lake is in the strictest protection level of Tatra National Park – ask the TANAP administration first.
- Issuer / contact: District Office Prešov, environment department (Okresný úrad Prešov, odbor starostlivosti o životné prostredie) – successor of the former regional environment office named by the source
- Website: https://www.minv.sk/?okresny-urad-presov
- the diver database (2006–2008) says a permit from the regional environment office in Prešov is needed; that office's duties passed to the district office in 2013 – verify the current issuer with TANAP
- Unverified: The permit issuer is named only on an old diver page; today's procedure is not confirmed.
- Tips: High-altitude dive (about 1,500 m): use altitude tables and computer settings. The asphalt road to the chalet at the lake is better suited to off-road vehicles and closed to public traffic.