📜 Lom Výkleky is a flooded quarry near Olomouc, serving as a popular natural swimming area and a significant diving site.
🔍 It's frequently visited, especially in summer, offering clear water and diverse underwater attractions for both beginners and experienced divers.
☀️ Natural Swimming: A popular natural swimming area with clean, clear water.
🏄♀️ Scuba Diving: An excellent training ground for beginners and a relaxing spot for advanced divers, with depths up to 10m.
🐠 Underwater Attractions: Features an "underwater highway" (guiding line), a Christmas tree, a Škoda 1203 car body, a bus stop with a mirror, a bath tub keson, and various fish like pike, carp, perch, and crayfish.
💧 Water Conditions: Average visibility of 5m, with water temperatures ranging from 3°C in winter to 20°C in summer.
🎶 Organized Trips: Diving trips are regularly organized, including equipment rental and transport options.
⚠️ Car Theft Risk: Car break-ins are common at the parking lot; it's recommended to park in the village near the municipal office or fire station.
🚫 Restrictions: Camping, fires, felling trees, and swimming with dogs are strictly prohibited.
🚶♀️ Crowding: Can become very crowded with swimmers in summer, which can reduce underwater visibility.
🎟️ Entry fees:
No general entry fee for the quarry.
Organization fee for diving trips: 200 Kč per person (waived for those paying for two PDW dives).
🅿️ Parking:
30 Kč in summer season.
200 Kč per car for driving closer to the water (by agreement with administrator).
🏄♀️ Equipment rental (PDW):
1 dive with PDW equipment: 800 Kč
2 dives with PDW equipment: 1,500 Kč
Prices include cylinder with air and full equipment except mask, fins, booties, snorkel, compass, flashlight, computer, dry suit.
Handling fee for material transport: 100 Kč.
🚿 Toilets: A toilet is available near the caravan.
🍽️ Food and dining: A kiosk is open on site.
🚗 Driving directions: From Olomouc (E 442), take Exit 290 (Velký újezd) towards Výkleky. In the village, after the third left turn (in a right-hand bend, immediately after the village sign), turn left onto a field road leading to the paid parking lot.
🚌 Public transport: A bus stop is located nearby.
🤝 Operating organization: The quarry is owned by 32 restituentů represented by the local mayor. Rules are enforced by the Výkleky municipality.