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 Scuba Diving in Baikal Lake, Irkutsk Region, Listvyanka, Russia
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Dive Site: Taltsi Area
Location: Sagan-Zaba white marble rock, northern coast of Lake Baikal, 5 hours by ship from Litsvyanka
Description: Nature observation diving
Depth: Depends on your qualifications (up to 42 meters/138 feet)
Visibility: 15-20 meters (33-65 feet)
Rating: ***
Before the Angara River Hydropower Station was constructed in Irkutsk in 1956, there used to be a 200-year old village called Taltsi up the river. After the area flooding some of the houses were moved higher away from the flooding area, but some are still there underwater. Because this dive site is located in the river, the visibility rate is not as good as it is in the Baikal, but still it is good enough to look for the houses remnants and some household utensils that had not been taken away by their owners: old samovars (traditional Russian water boilers for tea), cups, plates. It is of interest to rummage through the area of Taltsi glass plant – we usually find there a lot of bottles of all sizes, designs and colours produced about 100 years ago. When diving in the Angara you can feel there is current, but not too strong, so it does not really distract your attention from exploring the area.
Andrey Bobkov, PDA Instructor | 17/09/09
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