Baltictech 2022 impressions

After several years of standstill, technical diving conferences are back on the programme. We went to visit Baltictech 2022 which was held in Gdynia, a port on Poland's Baltic coast.

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This was my first visit to a Baltictech conference. At long last, I finally got the chance as it wasn't held almost at the same time as DEMA—which is always a priority because of the significant amount of our business we conduct there.

Baltictech, like other such conferences, has been held every other year in recent years, but not since 2019 due to the epidemic so this time around, there was a three-year break.

Baltictech announces 2022 dates

Organisers of the Polish technical diving conference - Baltictech - have announced it will go ahead in November 2022.

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The tenth event will be held in Gdynia on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November 2022.

The organisers have advised that delegates should book their ticket early because seating is limited. 

Tickets are now on sale. 

45m-deep diving pool opens in Poland

The complex, named Deepspot, includes a diving pool with artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins - and even a small wreck for scuba and free divers to explore.

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Unlike regular swimming pools, Deepspot can open despite corona-virus restrictions in Poland because it qualifies as a training centre because it offers courses.

Deepspot is located in Mszczonow, a town in central Poland, about 40 kilometers away from the Polish capital Warsaw. Construction began in mid-2018.

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The Graf Zeppelin

— Diving Hitler’s Aircraft Carrier

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Vic Verlinden
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Wrecks & Archaeology

There have been a few times during my life as a diver that I have had the opportunity to dive an extraordinary wreck. The Graf Zeppelin is one such wreck. It is more than a shipwreck, it is also one of the great mysteries of World War II. Most people do not know that the Germans built an aircraft carrier. Here is her story.

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Kowary Uranium Mine of Poland

Diving in old mines and tunnels is becoming more and more popular. More and more cave divers are discovering a love for the exploration of these unique time capsules.

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Kasia Cylwik
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In recent years, I have had the chance to dive a series of mines. Mainly these were iron mines and slate mines, which have been opened for years to trained cave divers. However, as is the case everywhere, the law of supply and demand also applies to mine diving. The bigger the interest is, the more possibilities there are.

Sabine Kerkau is a German technical diver, dive writer and underwater photographer based in Switzerland.

For more information, please visit: Sabine-Kerkau.com.

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