GAT VAN SIENTJE
Nederland, Gelderland
Zandmeren Gat van Sientje is home to catfish and sturgeon! The catfish can be easily approached. To spot sturgeons you'll have to be very quiet and patient. Chinese mitten crabs are also seen here. Watch how they climb in the vegetation in the green zone along the shore. Interesting dive spot!
Particulars
Gat van Sientje can be entered from a grass bank. The catfish and sturgeon can be found everywhere, but mostly to the south (see map). To see the Chinese mitten crabs dive along the border between water plants and sandy bottom. Often you can see the crabs climb the plants.
Warnings
Entering the premises of the nearby golf club at Gat van Sientje, is prohibited. Be aware of illegal fishing nets.
GAT VAN SIENTJE Divemaps 1
- Divers Guide Map
- Detailed map
- Wreck map
- Local map
Distribution is illegal
GAT VAN SIENTJE Features
- Nicknames
- Gat van Sientje Zandmeren
- Address
- Berm / Steenbeemdstraat, Kerkdriel
- Parking
- Parking at busy road side
- Distance
- 50 m.
- Suitable for
- Beginners, experienced divers
- Permit
- N.v.t / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- So not very convenient to enter the water, pretty high jetty
- Water
- Fresh
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive
- Current
- None
- Visibility
- 2 - 5 m.
- Average visibility
- 3 m.
- Depth
- 25 m.
- Bottom
- veel los sediment
- Life
- Goby, catfish, eel, pike, pike-perch, roach, chinese mitten crab
- Other recreation
- Boating, yachting, fishing
- Emergency
- 112