Jesenný Flooded Quarry
Lom Jesenný
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Lom Jesenný is a heart-shaped flooded limestone quarry near Semily, popular for diving. It offers underwater attractions, accommodation, and dining facilities.

📜 Lom Jesenný is a heart-shaped flooded limestone quarry, approximately 130x90 meters in size with a maximum depth of 13.5 meters. It is a popular site for diving, featuring various underwater objects.
🔍 Access to the water is via steps from an island, with marked paths leading to underwater attractions like a VW minibus, Merlin submarine, and a small cave.

Why Go

☀️ Diving: Offers a range of diving courses (OWD, AOWD, RD, MSD, Divemaster, specialization) and recreational diving.
🐠 Underwater Attractions: Explore a sunken VW minibus, Merlin submarine, training platforms, a wreck trainer, a steel tower structure, a caisson, and a small cave.
🐟 Aquatic Life: Observe diverse fish species including tench, carp, sturgeon, eels, pike, catfish, trout, and crayfish.
✈️ Nearby Attractions: Visit the Bozkov Dolomite Caves, a Tibetan yak farm, a hydroelectric power plant and glassworks, and Antal Stašek's birthplace.

Why Avoid

⚠️ Variable Visibility: Water visibility can be inconsistent, though it's generally best in winter under ice and in spring.
🚫 Private Property: Entry is only possible through the base and must be arranged in advance with the owners.

Cost

🎟️ Diving Entry: 100 CZK per day (includes warm soup).
🏕️ Accommodation (2 nights, full board):
• Tent or "Russian Hotel": 1,030 CZK
• Cottage: 1,270 CZK
• Main Building Rooms: 1,370 CZK
💨 Air Fills: 7 CZK per liter.

Facilities

🚿 Changing Rooms & Toilets: A changing room is available, and the main building apartment has two toilets.
🏕️ Accommodation: Options include rooms in the main building, a cottage, a "Russian hotel" (attic sleeping), tent pitches, and spots for motorhomes/caravans with electrical hookups.
🍽️ Food & Dining: The base provides catering with excellent, large portions, and full board is included with accommodation packages.

Getting There

🚗 Driving: Located in the center of Jesenný village, about 2 km past Bozkov from Železný Brod and Turnov. Look for the tall tower of the former lime kiln.

Managed By

🤝 Contact: Zdeněk Miller (602 433 451, z.miller@volny.cz) or Slávek Zítek (602 180 020). Website: www.lomjesenny.cz.

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DivingQuarryLakeAccommodationCzech RepublicOutdoorNature