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Welcome to Mermet Springs |
Mermet Springs is a beautiful 8.5 acre spring-fed quarry located deep in southern Illinois. It's not a typical dive site.
 Owner Glen Faith knew what he wanted in a dive site long before his first training platform was submerged. He assembled a team of top quality dive professionals and turned his dreams into a reality. Mermet Springs offers submerged training platforms, easy entry docks, dives from 15 to 120 feet in depth and numerous sunken treasures to explore.
It is one of the most popular dive facilities in the country, attracting the attention of news media and national scuba diving publications including "Dive Training" magazine.
Mermet Springs is a full service dive site and scuba training facility that offers on-site scuba instruction. We strive for excellence and cater to dive shops, instructors, students and certified scuba divers of all experience levels and certifying agencies.  The water visibility at Mermet Springs is exceptional and can range from 15 feet to over 60 feet. Water temperature varies with the Midwest seasons and ranges to the low 40s at depth during winter, and to the mid 80s above the thermocline in the summer.
Whether you are looking for a scuba training facility or a dive site that you and the entire family can enjoy, plan your next trip to Mermet Springs where you can dive in First Class. Our mission is to provide divers with the safest and most enjoyable diving experience in the Midwest! Our goal is to offer you a safe, fun and a truly First Class dive site. 
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July 4th Weekend
Mermet Springs will be open the entire
4th of July weekend. But, we will be closed for DIVING Saturday evening July 4th. Campers are welcome to remain on-site but we will close the office and air fill station at 6PM to celebrate the 4th with our families. Try Scuba Event
Bring your swimsuit, a smile and be ready to experience the awesome underwater world of scuba diving!
Cost is only $20.00 per person.
This will include use of all scuba equipment, air fill, & entry into pool with one on one time with an Instructor or Dive Control Specialist.
John A Logan College in Carterville, IL
Friday, July 24th 6:30 - 8:00pm
- You need to R.S.V.P.
Contact us at: (618) 527-DIVE (on site) or e-mail us at
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Rebreather Event - Workshop
What is a Rebreather? Want to try one?
Come join us August 29th @ 9AM
Mermet Springs is taking RSVPs for this event.
Hurry before it fills up!
>>> Learn more about the Rebreather Event Dive Buddy PavilionNeed a dive buddy? Want to meet more local divers?
Come join us this summer!
Mermet Springs is now reserving a pavilion for our local divers!
>>> Check out the upcoming Pavilion Topics for dates and times!
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Mermet Springs on the WebYou can find Mermet Springs on three of the most popular websites today, Twitter.com, Facebook.com and Youtube.com  Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 bytes in length. Follow Mermet Springs's tweets today both online and through SMS and RSS feeds to your phone.
 Facebook is a popular, free-access social networking website that users can join networks to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, update their personal profile and join "Groups" of people with similar interests...like scuba diving. Mermet Springs has it very own "Group" on Facebook that anyone is welcome to join.
 YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Mermet Springs has its own "Channel" on YouTube for users to view videos about and related to scuba diving, the quarry and Glen Faith. Again, anyone is welcome subscribe and be notified of the latest additions to the videos available.
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Aggressor Photo Contest Winner
 Mermet Springs Staff-Instructor, Dave Trinka, wins First Place.
Congratulation to the 2008 Jim Church Classic Underwater Photo Contest First Place Winner, Dave Trinka.
Dave took this picture during one of Mermet Springs Dive Trips aboard the Cayman Aggressor IV. Congratulations Dave!!!
A Perfect TRY SCUBA Weekend. Thank You Ryan Kruger with WSIL Channel 3, reports on Mermet Springs "Try Scuba" event at John A. Logan college in Carterville, IL. March 21, 2009. See report and video.
DU QUOIN EVENING CALL - Just Add Water by Leo Eisenhauer
Mermet Springs would like to say thank you for those who attended March's Try Scuba events.
Our next Try Scuba event will be held June 19th at 6PM to 8:30PM at Paducah Parks Pool in Paducah, Kentucky Please RSVP Call - (618) 658-3811 or 527-DIVE (3483) or email
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Scuba Diving Staycation Whether you are a first timer or an expert, Mermet Springs is the perfect staycation for you. Laura Wibbenmeyer of KFVS 12 - CBS visits Mermet Springs and gives us a report on "underwater freedom".
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2009 Pavilion ReservationsShops and Instructors,  Welcome to 2009! We will be changing to Summer hours on April 1st. If you need to bring a class in for a full weekend in March just drop us an email.
>>> Hours of Operation PAVILIONS
Remember: There is no charge to reserve and use pavilions but they are on a first come first serve basis. So if you know your schedule please forward it to us and we will save you a spot out of the Sun or Rain!
We are looking forward to seeing everyone for another safe and busy season!
P.S. We have 100 new Rainbow and Brown Trout for the divers to enjoy this year! >>> Reserve NOW using the: Pavilion Reservation Form
>>> Or contact
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