Dutch Springs - Bethlehem PA

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Located in the beautiful Lehigh Valley, Dutch Springs is a little more adventure... A little more extreme... above and below the surface! Besides scuba diving, there is an aqua park, you can go camping, and climb their rock wall and ropes course.

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John_giu - 4 days 3 hours ago.

Saturday and Sundays DUI test days

travisd - 4 days 3 hours ago.

Rating Added: 5
Worth the drive a couple times a year. Great when we can hit it mid-week when the crowds aren’t there.

McSushi - 8 days 14 hours ago.

Rating Added: 3
It’s a good spot for Pennsylvania area. The park is nicely organized with the ability to camp or rent a place. They have establish restrooms (not porta potties) and changing areas. Lots of fun things sunk in the lake like a helicopter. This is where I got my dry suit certification. I think we were the only ones there...the 4 of us. The puddles were frozen that day. Visibility is hit or miss...on average about 20-30 feet when I went.

Zuzi - 14 days 17 hours ago.

Rating Added: 5
Really enjoy diving there.

WanderingTurtle - 25 days 12 hours ago.

Got certified here (fond memories). Coming back for more - practice that is! I can’t wait to see all the attractions. And in June, AOW baby! Well, hopefully. Lol.

John_giu - 25 days 7 hours ago.

you will do fine on your advanced training. And after diving local in the cold dark Jersey waters you will feel like a fish on warm water dives. Best of luck dive local and dive lots.

WanderingTurtle - 25 days 6 hours ago.

Awe! Thanks for the encouragement John.

John_giu - 24 days 22 hours ago.

DUI demo day May 18th we will be joining Scubadelphia. This is a great way to check out dry suits and a lot of fun. $10 gets you a DUI hat and a Bar-B-Q.

JmeFitz - 4/15/2013 10:58 AM

Rating Added: 4
Very nice park with a lot to see. Vis on a good day is 55+

whitefang21 - 3/05/2013 8:22 AM

Rating Added: 3
Ready to dive here again. The visibility is good in the mornings

j1mbr0wn - 9/07/2012 9:54 AM

Rating Added: 5
I’ve been here many times. It is a cool little diver’s playground. I first went to get re-certified (it had been a few years, so...) Went back just because. And I will probably go back again some day. That says a lot from a Caribbean diver.

ponomo1 - 8/26/2012 12:01 PM

Rating Added: 4
Spent the entire day last Sunday 8/19/12 getting some dives in toward my Advanced Open Water certification. The water here extremely coly below 35 feet compared to 0ft to 34 ft. In the shallower areas we had 74 degree water and at the 63 foot depth we had 54 degree water. It is a great place to do all of your traing dives and to shake out any difficulties you may be having. The water was a great place to try out low visibility navigation because the shallower side had a lot of silt being stirred up by all of the divers in the water throughout the lake.

John_giu - 8/20/2012 11:49 AM

Dove it two weeks ago in a .5 mil skin 30’ and above. nice way to pass the day.

midmo - 8/19/2012 10:20 PM

Rating Added: 4
Really enjoy diving Dutch - always a good time for a leisurely day out or to take some training check out dives.

Shldhvbeenafish - 8/20/2012 8:24 AM

me too

Shldhvbeenafish - 8/20/2012 8:24 AM

me too

Shldhvbeenafish - 8/15/2012 1:18 PM

Rating Added: 3
Had a good time and will be back

JimKoz - 7/17/2012 5:07 PM

Rating Added: 4
Vis is very good for a scuba park (+20 feet) and lots of attractions and there are some fish hanging around. They have an underwater map of the spring. Easy access and good facilities. Definitely worth a dive if you are up in the Allentown area. Water is a little cold but just suit up for it and enjoy.

Mavricky - 6/03/2012 8:36 AM

Yesterday surface temp about 68 and temp in the hole at 96 feet 55. Clear water and sunlight down to about 25 feet. Did three dives. A good place to fix those little gear problems which was my first dive. Second nav to the hole. Nav there is good too. Enough distance, not so clear that there’s no challange. Last dive was a night dive and that was a blast. I didn’t think they had fish that big in there.

Greg - 2/10/2012 5:03 PM

I sure wish we had something like Dutch Springs in Texas!

scubadiver1 - 2/12/2012 12:52 PM

Hey Greg, do you have any plans to make it to Dutch anytime this year. If so, I would love to meet and dive with you. I only live about an hour away from Dutch.

Greg - 2/12/2012 4:51 PM

No plans to go to Dutch. Not sure where my next vacation is going to be. If I’ve up in the north east, I’ll let you know.