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Émergence temp. de Crégols

Lot · about 3 km from Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

Émergence temp. de Crégols

  • Max depth48 m
  • CertificationFull cave
  • SpecialExperienced divers
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  • Lot Filling Station (Proteushop)~55 min drive (estimate)Air, nitrox (any %), trimix (incl. 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/70 and custom), O₂ 200/300 bar
  • The Cave To Be~76 min drive (estimate)Air, nitrox and trimix up to 320 bar (standard 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/50), O₂ up to 220 bar
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What it looks like

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The dive

A maze of flooded galleries where navigation requires experience. It is a temporary spring, only active at certain water levels.

At a moderate flood the whole entrance zone floods, at high floods probably the boulder choke too: a rope tied at the top in summer was found unrolled inside the choke the next year. Dive only at low water.
Source: FFS – Résurgence de Crégols ↗
Many old line remnants in the entrance zone: entanglement risk.
Source: FFS – Résurgence de Crégols ↗
Profile and sections

A maze of flooded galleries where navigation requires experience. It is a temporary spring, only active at certain water levels.

According to the FFS sheet, the half-flooded entrance zone alternates tight, heavily corroded tubes with air bells and boulder chokes, and old line remnants lie everywhere. Beyond a boulder choke a dry gallery (~50 m) leads to a lake you swim across. There S2 starts, with a 5×8 m shaft, a low bedding plane of 8×1 m and a big passage (8×4 m).

Rick Stanton found a continuation 320 m into S2: 300 m of new passage to an air bell, with branches of 100 m (boulder choke) and 140 m (restriction).

Source: FFS – Résurgence de Crégols ↗Source: Lot tourism – sentier karstique de Crégols (PDF) ↗
Depth and profile
Entrance zone (S1) short and shallow with air bells; S2 starts with a shaft to -20 m, then drops to -34 m; down to -48 m per other sources
Configuration
Backmount fine
DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
Maze with air bells, a 1 m-high bedding plane and clay; short distances
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Full cave
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveGoes down to 48 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
  • Whole caveExperienced divers only · doesn't decide who may dive
Experienced diversDepends on water level or swell

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Source: FFS – Résurgence de Crégols ↗Source: Lot tourism – sentier karstique de Crégols (PDF) ↗
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How to get there

100 m outside Crégols towards Concots, just before the bend: a pumping station on the left; the spring lies 20 m below on the right, reached by a path. Protected natural area (Espace Naturel Sensible).

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Around Émergence temp. de Crégols

Fills2 fill stations · nearest 26 km

  • Lot Filling Station (Proteushop)

    ~55 min drive (estimate)

    180 route de la Tuilerie, 46100 Cambes

    Air, nitrox (any %), trimix (incl. 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/70 and custom), O₂ 200/300 bar

    Daily 9:30–19:30, year-round

    About 20 min from the Ressel. Standard mixes ready to go; order custom blends in advance (WhatsApp). Also a dive shop (Proteushop), rental of scooters, lights and twinsets, and cave training (PSAI/TDI).

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  • The Cave To Be

    ~76 min drive (estimate)

    842 rue Émile Zola (D14, Bournazel), 46500 Gramat

    Air, nitrox and trimix up to 320 bar (standard 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/50), O₂ up to 220 bar

    Open year-round (except between the end-of-year holidays), daily 8:30–19:00

    Near Gramat, handy for the sites around Gramat and Padirac. Guided dives in 16 caves of the Lot, at your own certification level (air or nitrox without deco, or one trimix dive with deco). Also courses from cavern to full cave, sidemount, CCR and scooter, rental of overhead gear, a shop and accommodation. Contact: Olivier.

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Sources

Source: FFS – Résurgence de Crégols ↗Source: Lot tourism – sentier karstique de Crégols (PDF) ↗
Cave Diving Guide Lot (Stefan Schiemann), p. 30 ↗

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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Based on personal notes; page numbers refer to Stefan Schiemann's Cave Diving Guide. Certification requirements are estimates — no substitute for local knowledge. Drive times: from Marcilhac taken from the guide, elsewhere calculated by road (OSRM, OpenStreetMap). The Doux de Coly and six springs that are closed to divers come from public sources (plongeesout/FFS, the CDS46 list of springs with access rules, Sept 2026). The pins of 14 of the 16 sites listed by The Cave To Be (Gramat) on its website come from there (Oct 2026); the Pou-Meyssen pin comes from The Hidden River Project, and the Marchepied pin was checked and kept. Access, sumps, history and hazards of many sites were added in November 2026 from public sources: the FFS site sheets (plongeesout), Spelunca, FFESSM magazines, the CDS46 and Grotto Map; the pins of Meyraguet, Goul Naou and the Oeil de la Doue come from the FFS. In November 2026 the CDS du Lot named by e-mail the 16 springs that divers may visit; the other springs in the Lot are marked closed.