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Dive Site: Blue Lagoon
Location: Womersley, Nr Pontefract
Description: Flooded quarry
Depth: 6 metres max (20 feet)
Visibility: 0 - 3 metres (0 - 10 feet)
Rating: ***
Hi all, thanks for your comments it is very much appreciated, just to let you all know we have plans to dam the top end of the lake and dig it out to 18 metres some time this year and hopefully filter out some of the silt at the same time. Hope to see you all soon.Check out the Website for updates ( www.divebluelagoon.com )
Steve Abbott Assistant Instructor at the Blue Lagoon
This is a great site for divers in Yorkshire who do not want to travel far. There are a lot of things to dive around (tank, jet etc). It is warm in the summer (18°C). The depth is only 6m, but as the viz is a bit hit and miss (mainly due to the silty bottom being disturbed), you could be at any depth. I like this place as there is no stress and you can stay in the water for ages (an hour is easy and warm).
Neil Norman, PADI Open Water Diver
Blue Lagoon is ideal if you live locally (W. or S. Yorkshire). It's cheap entry. The quarry is shallow but is good for practicing buoyancy, and checking out new equipment. They have an active dive club also. Scuba is gorgeous!
Angela Robson, PADI Adv Open Water Diver
I did my open water here at Blue Lagoon. The staff are very friendly and the dive site is excellent for first time divers. Admittedly visibility isn't always that good but everything is there for you to discover what diving in this country in quarries is about. There are lots of features to discover including a field gun jet and small army tank, hoops are suspended for buoyancy control and a provision for shore or deep entry giant stride access. I would recommend Blue Lagoon to any diver; poor visibilty can build confidence and improve navigation.
Will Lyons, PADI AOW Diver
Now how cool is this site. It opens around 10am and closes at 9pm. Last dive out of the water at 8pm, so around the winter time night diving can be done every day. There are not many fish at the moment but they are coming. If you have done a night dive recently you will have seen all the new fry that are about as well as the baby crays there. If you live localy you need to give it a go.
Wayne Szymczyk, PADI AOW Diver
Having just qualified as an open water diver I feel as though the Blue Lagoon is a fantastic site to gain your confidence. I dived here on Friday, vis was around 3-4 metres! But on a good day you can get a little more!! So have a trip down, there are some interesting wrecks as well.
Mark Pridmore, OW Diver
I dived this site for the first time time today... over all it's a good site, there is stil a lot of work to be done though. The stones in the car park make it a painful walk to the waters edge. Food prices are very good but just don't ask for anything near closing time because you won't get anything apart from been lied to! Vis was ok, pretty bad in places where other divers had been previously, but a few cool stuff to explore underwater and if you are wanting to see fish then don't go here - there's none what so ever!!!
Scuba Bob, PADI OW
Dived Blue Lagoon last weekend and was pleasantly suprised, despite the limited depth (7m max) there are some excellent attractions and if your really lucky as we were you'll catch a glimpse of one of the sturgeon, it was quiet so the viz was good and the on site facilities are good as well, I recommend the sausage butty. All in all and excellent local site for those in Yorkshire that cannot be bothered with the mayhem that is Stoney Cove.
Forrest Leishman
I tried this as an alternative to going to Capernwray from Tyneside.
It’s really good for diver training especially for novice divers doing their first dives and no temptation to stray down to 20m. Onsite facilities are good and the staff are helpful and at only £5 entry and £5 registration it is an absolute bargain. Overall it’s a nice pleasant dive site with a good mixture of underwater attractions.
Graham Parkinson, BSAC Advanced Diver, BSAC Assistant Open Water Instructor
Cracking site for a chill out in a very safe environment, with very friendly staff. A pleasure to visit. I’ve done a few excellent night dives here with plenty to keep you occupied.
For a safe chill out sit in the artificial cave, and switch off all your lighting. Who needs to pay £100 at a health spa!!!
Dennis Morgan, BSAC Sports Diver
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