Burgundy · about 25 km from Champlitte
Source de la Bèze (Grottes de Bèze)
- Max depth17 m
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ 11–12 °Cestimated, no reports yet
- SpecialExperienced divers
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- Fill stationAquasub (Ahuy, Dijon)Fills dive cylinders; which gases (nitrox, trimix, O₂) and up to what pressure is not published — ask.Route ↗
What it looks like
Grottes de Bèze - siphon de la résurgence Plongée dans les siphons de la grotte de Bèze Grottes de Bèze - Siphon S1 (salle de l'embarcadère) Source de la Bèze 2026 #1
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Grottes de Bèze - siphon de la résurgence Plongée dans les siphons de la grotte de Bèze Grottes de Bèze - Siphon S1 (salle de l'embarcadère) Source de la Bèze 2026 #1
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The dive
One of the major karst springs of France, fed by losses of the Tille and the Venelle. Water temperature and visibility are not published. Discharge averages 4 m³/s, with a minimum of ~0.5 m³/s and floods of 20–25 m³/s.
Profile and sections
One of the major karst springs of France, fed by losses of the Tille and the Venelle. Water temperature and visibility are not published.
Discharge averages 4 m³/s, with a minimum of ~0.5 m³/s and floods of 20–25 m³/s. The underground river was found in 1950; the sumps have been dived since 1953 (clubs from Dijon and Paris), systematically in 1968–1979. In June 2024 a diving team of the Ligue Grand Est de spéléologie documented a fossil plesiosaur flipper (~150 million years).
Practical: according to the mairie, Bèze itself has three hotel-restaurants and twelve gîtes.
- Depth and profile
- Resurgence sump 140 m / -9 (spring → cave) · S1 -16 · S2 250 m / -17 · S3 ~170 m explored (3 × 3 m) · S4 ~40 m explored, very narrow and clay-filled.
- Configuration
- Little published on passage size: S3 is ~3 × 3 m, S4 very narrow. Agree the configuration with whoever dived it recently.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Short sumps (140–250 m) with dry sections between them: little gain.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Configuration unknown — research beforehand
- Goes down to 17 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
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How to get there
The spring is in Bèze village; the cave behind it is a show cave (April–October, on foot and by boat) managed by the commune. Diving only with a permit from the mairie de Bèze, which you apply for at the mairie.
Around Source de la Bèze (Grottes de Bèze)
Fills1 fill station · 26 km
Aquasub (Ahuy, Dijon)
7 rue de l'Aqueduc Darcy, 21121 Ahuy
Fills dive cylinders; which gases (nitrox, trimix, O₂) and up to what pressure is not published — ask.
Tue–Fri 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–19:00, Sat 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:30; Monday by appointment; closed Sunday.
Dive shop on the northern edge of Dijon with rental and a workshop (regulator servicing, cylinder testing). Walk-in fills for visitors and CCR absorbent: ask.
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