Budapest · about 1 km from Kőbánya (Budapest X)
Kőbányai pincerendszer
- Max depth36 m
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 8–14 °Cestimated, no reports yet
- SpecialFlooded mine or quarry
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Fill stationTitán Búvár (TBK Divers)Rents filled twinsets (€20 each) and S80 stages with EAN32 (€12); whether they fill your own cylinders is not published — ask.Route ↗
- Fill stationMJ Cave (Molnár János Cave Diving Center)Air (€5), EAN32 (€6), oxygen (€0.01/l, min €6) and helium (€0.1/l, min €6) — trimix blending possible; sofnolime €10/kg (Aug 2026 price list). 300 bar: ask.Route ↗
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TŰZOLTÓ BÚVÁRSZOLGÁLAT | merülés | Kőbányai pincerendszer Búvárkodás a kőbányai pincerendszerben, Budapesten. • Budapest, Hungary Kobanya Mine Diving Budapest - Kőbányai pincerendszer merülés Kőbányai pincerendszer 2021.10.13 Budapest
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TŰZOLTÓ BÚVÁRSZOLGÁLAT | merülés | Kőbányai pincerendszer Búvárkodás a kőbányai pincerendszerben, Budapesten. • Budapest, Hungary Kobanya Mine Diving Budapest - Kőbányai pincerendszer merülés Kőbányai pincerendszer 2021.10.13 Budapest
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The dive
You dive in the four wells of the old brewery, which are permanently flooded. You see vaults, corridors, wrought-iron (spiral) staircases, old brewery installations, tools and a welding cart.
Profile and sections
You dive in the four wells of the old brewery, which are permanently flooded. You see vaults, corridors, wrought-iron (spiral) staircases, old brewery installations, tools and a welding cart. The clear karst water has no flow, but is often murkier by the end of the dive. Park kút is the only well with an open water surface with air above it.
The wells are flooded parts of the 32–35 km tunnel system (180,000–220,000 m²) under Kőbánya. Limestone was quarried here from the 13th century until a ban in 1890; then came wine cellars, a brewery from 1844 (Dreher's from 1862) and in WWII a hidden aircraft-engine factory. Hungarian military divers trained here in 2021.
Practical: Titán prices (2026): 25,000 HUF per dive, 35,000 HUF for two (guide, air and weights included); twinset or stage rental 4,000 HUF per dive. Dry tours of the cellars are also offered.
- Depth and profile
- Four flooded wells (kút): Park kút -30 m (spiral staircase, ~200 m corridor) · Lyukas kút -29 m (Hidroszféra: 'Két lyuk a falban' -32.6 m; metal staircase, large room at -14/-15 m) · Csíráztató/Csírázó kút -32 m (smaller, with a corridor) · Kerti kút -36 m (narrow vertical shaft of ~10 m between -20 and -30 m). In the Park well: OWD to -18/-20 m, AOWD to -26/-27 m. Dives 30–60 min. Water 8–14 °C across sources (Csírázó coldest, 8–10 °C); air in the mine ~8 °C.
- Configuration
- Park well: a single cylinder (10–12 l) is enough; 2 lights, computer, cutting tool, thick wetsuit or (if experienced) drysuit, gloves and hood. The three closed wells (Titán): twinset (min 4,000 l), S80 stage with EAN32 and drysuit mandatory. On-site fills only for rental cylinders. A US trip organiser dives here on CCR (requirement: CCR cave card); local operators don't mention CCR or sidemount — ask.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Four small wells (longest corridor ~200 m) and nothing known about permission for scooters; no gain.
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 36 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
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How to get there
Guided only, through a dive centre that runs dives here, e.g. Titán Búvár/TBK Divers (+36 20 341 3998, info@tbkdivers.com; from 3 people, continuously by appointment, 4–7 divers per well), MJ Cave (info@mjcave.hu, +36 1 247 6036), Hidroszféra, Búvár-ABC and BornToDive. The cellar system is mostly owned by the Kőbánya district (through a district company), a smaller part by the Dreher brewery. Main entrance: Bánya utca 35–37, 1105 Budapest. After arrival and a short briefing by the local guide you drive into the mine; per one source you walk ~50–60 m in full gear from the parking spot to the Park well. Titán asks for a medical certificate no older than 1 year.
Around Kőbányai pincerendszer
Fills2 fill stations · nearest 7 km
Titán Búvár (TBK Divers)
Kelenhegyi út 12–14, 1118 Budapest
Rents filled twinsets (€20 each) and S80 stages with EAN32 (€12); whether they fill your own cylinders is not published — ask.
Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00; closed Sat–Sun
Dive school that runs the Kőbánya dives, including technical dives in the three closed wells guided by a cave instructor. Also rents wings, drysuits (15,000 HUF per day), DIR regulators and lights.
MJ Cave (Molnár János Cave Diving Center)
Frankel Leó u. 48, 1023 Budapest
Air (€5), EAN32 (€6), oxygen (€0.01/l, min €6) and helium (€0.1/l, min €6) — trimix blending possible; sofnolime €10/kg (Aug 2026 price list). 300 bar: ask.
8:00–16:00, weekdays or weekends depending on bookings
Dive base at the entrance of the Molnár János cave (the reference point). Rental: doubles €12 + fills, S80 stage €6 + fills, full sets €50–60 per day, scooter €30 per dive or €60 per day. Whether you can fill without diving with them is not published — ask.
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