LA ROCHEFONTAINE
Belgie
La Rochefontaine has good visibility, lots of fish and lots of objects including a tug boat and a car wreck. This ancient marble quarry is build up of different levels and is full of old mining tools such as a drilling rig and a pump. Also nice is the fighter jet in the north corner of the quarry. Paid diving. Please take note of the opening hours!
Particulars
The entry point at La Rochefontaine can only be reached by descending a narrow and steep stairway. Gear up in the parking lot with stunning views of the quarry. Then walk down towards the entry point. Now start looking for the different objects. The tugboat is 10 meters long and lies on the 36-meter platform. The plane can be found on the 6-meter platform. It's a 1957 Hawker-Hunter fighter plane. On the 26-meter plateau you will find the sailboat. Most of the fish here are tame and live on the shallow plateaus.
Warnings
Paid diving. Please take note of opening hours. Steep and narrow path to entry point. Be careful.
LA ROCHEFONTAINE Features
- Nicknames
- Carrière de Rochefontaine
- Address
- Carrière de Rochefontaine 1 5600 Franchimont
- Parking
- Sufficient parking
- Distance
- 100 m.
- Suitable for
- Deep diving, groups, night diving (always book in advance at www.rochefontaine.be), all levels
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Paid diving, Please take note of opening hours
- Facilities
- Bbq facilities, cafetaria, dive center , locker rooms , toilets, fill station
- Water
- Fresh
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive, limestone quarry
- Current
- None
- Visibility
- 2 - 8 m.
- Average visibility
- 5 m.
- Depth
- 52 m.
- Bottom
- zand en stenen
- Life
- Perch, goldfish, carp, pike
- Other recreation
- Rambling
- Emergency
- 112
Current weather conditions
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