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

Lake Constance · Germany · Wall · Freshwater

Meersburg Wilder Mann

A winter-only wall with a lone column standing at 38 m

Area photo: Ansgar Gruber · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wilder Mann is the Meersburg winter site, open to divers only from 31 October to 15 March. A shallow entry gives way to a steep wall and then a long slope into deep water, and its cold, steep profile suits drysuit divers; tec deep and sidemount courses train here.

Also known as Wilder Mann, Wilden Mann.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Meersburg Wilder Mann: typical dive 2–38 m (7–125 ft), deepest point 40 m (130 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit2 m38 m40 m maxtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 50 m (164 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

47.6934° N, 9.2690° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

The entry is about 2 m deep, and a steep wall drops from there to roughly 10 m. Below it a slope runs on past 40 m. Straight out from the entry a column stands at about 38 m. Visibility is usually fair, though it depends on the weather.

Marine life and season

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

Month-by-month season rating for Meersburg Wilder Mann
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Diving is allowed only from 31 October to 15 March, and the site can be busy at peak times.

Know before you go

  • The ferry runs close by, so divers keep from straying too far to the right.
  • Steep walls and cold water can push divers to their mental limits very quickly.

Dive videos

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

Sources

  1. Dreams of Diving: Besten Tauchplätze am Bodensee — Dreams of Diving
  2. ScubaGo Meersburg - Wilder Mann — ScubaGo

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