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Diving in Lake Altaussee

Altaussee

Diving in the Altaussee lake.

Lake Altaussee is one of the most scenic lakes in the Salzkammergut. The water has a bright dark blue color - the "dark blue inkwell" as Lake Altaussee is also called.

The lake is located at 712 meters above sea level and is about 72 meters deep. The northern shore of the lake is easier to reach than the southern part of the lake. Up to the hotel at the lake, access by car is permitted - please note the short-term parking zone and the parking fee!

Just after the hotel on the lake, a narrow hiking trail begins towards the east. There also already begins the diving zone, Kahlseneck. Mixed - this is a short but apt description of the northern lakeside area of Lake Altaussee. Only in the rear part of the lake does the typical fauna and flora of alpine waters reveal itself: waterweed, stoneworts (various species) adorn the shallower area - occasionally the one or other lake trout or even a rainbow trout flits by. The lucky Neptune disciple also discovers one of the few 'wrecks' - old, sunken rowboats that could serve as a photo motif in good weather. Smaller rocks, boulders but also mud and sediment areas from which now and then a tree, resembling a memorial, protrudes, delight the diver.

"Beautiful, but cold" is the unanimous verdict after a Lake Altaussee dive.

Additional Information

Opening hours

Diving is possible all year round (except during the spawning season).

Spawning season: in the area of Haus Danner and Wieder Holzplatz in the period from 15.9. to 31.12.




Contact

Tauchen im Altausseer See
Fischerndorf
8992 Altaussee

What the weather will be like

Altaussee (727m)

Morning
very sunny
21°C
15%
5 km/h
Noon
very sunny
29°C
5%
5 km/h
Night
very sunny
26°C
5%
5 km/h
Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
Morning
very sunny
19°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
very sunny
31°C
5%
5 km/h
Night
sunny
27°C
30%
5 km/h
Dry and bright with plenty of sunshine, clouds will be rare.
03.07.2025
cloudy
16°C 28°C
04.07.2025
cloudy
14°C 24°C
05.07.2025
rainy
14°C 27°C