Advice on Diving in Austria

... Austria has nine states; the main areas for scuba diving are Salzburg (Salzkammergut region), Styria, and Tirol; however, there are dive operators based at most of the larger lakes throughout the country. The capital city of Vienna has many dive shops and retail outlets. Germany and the Czech Republic border Austria to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and finally Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Standard German is the country's official chosen language. Some of the lakes have restriction zones for different activities. This is due to th...