Lower Silesia · about 4 km from Kowary
Kopalnia Podgórze (Kowary)
Closed to divers
Recreational dives on the Diving Route are suspended until further notice, by joint decision of the mine's owner and the Diving Route guides.
- Max depth109 m
- CertificationFull cave
- SpecialFlooded mine or quarry
Diving and fills
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What it looks like
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The dive
This uranium mine from 1950–1958 is now a show mine, with a 'diving route' for visitors past the lit shaft. Polish cave divers explore the deep levels, in 2024 at the owners' invitation.
Profile and sections
This uranium mine from 1950–1958 is now a show mine, with a 'diving route' for visitors past the lit shaft. Polish cave divers explore the deep levels, in 2024 at the owners' invitation.
Practical: the owner monitors radon and checks the passages.
- Depth and profile
- Vertical shaft of ~244 m; levels at ~30, ~70 and ~109 m are open to divers (visitor guide, 2026). Exploration dives reached ~227 m (2024).
- Configuration
- Agree the configuration with the guides (estimate). Deep and cold: trimix and CCR for the deeper levels.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Shaft and mine levels with a long carry: no scooter.
- Gas
- Trimix from 40 m
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 109 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.
How to get there
Recreational dives are suspended until further notice (see above). When it was still open: guided only, by arrangement with the mine's owner; full cave certification and dive insurance. You registered at a hut by the mine, the gear went ~1 km to the entrance and then ~700 m through a dark adit to the dive point (X-Ray Mag, 2016).
Around Kopalnia Podgórze (Kowary)
FillsNo fill station known nearby
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