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A single brown crayfish with speckled claws among fine green stoneworts underwater — Lake Constance

Lake Constance · Germany · Freshwater

Meersburg Krebsgarten

Tent remains and a swivel chair on the slope at 18 m

Area photo: Ansgar Gruber · CC BY-SA 4.0

Krebsgarten is the easy shore site on the Meersburg lakefront, rated ideal for beginners and for divers new to Lake Constance. Steps lead off the promenade into a shallow area full of crayfish, and a course runs down the slope to about 20 m.

Also known as Krebsgarten.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Meersburg Krebsgarten: typical dive 5–20 m (15–66 ft), deepest point 30 m (100 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit5 m20 m30 m maxtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

47.6883° N, 9.2805° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

Divers step into the water from a stairway on the promenade. Along the western part of the shore a gentle slope leads down to 5 m, and the course runs from there to about 20 m. Straight out from the stairs, at 18 m, lie the remains of a tent and a swivel chair.

Above 5 m the water tends to be murky, depending on the weather and how many divers have been in, and it clears noticeably further down. West of the round lakeside platform a varied slope keeps falling past 30 m, beyond the ordinary course.

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

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Season follows Lake Constance: Diving runs all year; guided dives run from April to October, while December and January bring char and eels to the Parkhaus Post overhang.

Know before you go

  • The stones at the entry can be very slippery, and extra care is needed when waves are running.

Dive videos

Tauchen im Bodensee - Meersburg, Krebsgarten · scubamedia.de on YouTube

Sources

  1. Dreams of Diving: Besten Tauchplätze am Bodensee — Dreams of Diving
  2. ScubaGo Meersburg - Krebsgarten — ScubaGo
  3. Tauchschule Meersburg: Begleitetes Tauchen im Bodensee — Tauchschule Meersburg

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