Аннотация:Physical-chemical features of underwater thermal vents discovered during the diving surveys conducted in the Tokarev underwater crater have been considered. Their appearance was triggered by the 1996 underwater eruption that occurred in the Karymskoye caldera lake. Algae and microorganisms (diatoms, blue-green, cyanobacteria, etc.) were reported in the areas of mixing of the lake waters with thermal ones. Occurrence of submerged discharge vents in the lake was evidenced by the newly-formed sectors of the hydrothermal system existing within the volcanic caldera, and accounted for the disagreements of the water balance observed here for almost ten years.