Štrbské pleso (csak tisztítóakción / clean-up event only)
Dived in practice only during the 'Čisté vody' (Clean Waters) eco-event: the most visited lake in the High Tatras, in the resort of Štrbské Pleso at about 1,347 m, 19.76 ha and 21 m deep with a very uneven bottom. The left side has deeper pits separated by a ridge at 5–6 m, one of them with the maximum depth and reportedly a 'hole' to 26 m. The bottom is several metres of very silty sediment over a thick layer of peat.
Facts
- Region: Slovakia – Quarries, Tajchy & Reservoirs
- Area: High Tatras, Spiš & Slovak Paradise
- Depth: 0–21 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: low
- Type: bay
- Coordinates: 49.12058, 20.05752
- Highlights: most visited lake of the High Tatras at about 1,347 m, 19.76 ha, very silty bottom over a thick peat layer, reported hole to 26 m
- Permit: The lake lies in Tatra National Park; according to the diver database diving is in practice only possible on the festival's authorised clean-up dive. A permit for independent diving would have to be sought from the District Office Prešov environment department / TANAP.
- 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 arrangement is described only by a diver page; we found no contact for the festival organiser.
- Tips: The easiest way to dive here is to take part in the Čisté vody clean-up dive, held for more than 20 years as part of the International Festival of Diving Films in the High Tatras, which removes litter left by tourists and builders. High-altitude dive: use altitude settings.