Category: Scuba diving

  Tucked away in the mountains of the Reykjanesfólkvangur nature reserve south of Reykjavik lies Kleifarvatn. This naturally formed lake is remote and far from civilization. The area is quiet and deserted. The lake is not – at least not quiet. Once you leave the bumpy asphalt road and round the first bend on the […]

  Bjarnagjá is one of the most fascinating dive sites in Iceland for me. The small rock fissure lies in the south of the island, near the town of Grindavik. Only a few meters from the Atlantic and connected to it through various tunnels, it is nevertheless mostly filled with crystal-clear spring water. Through the […]

  Davidsgjá, David’s fissure, is one of my favorite dive sites in Iceland. Located in lake Þingvallavatn, the crack stretches over several hundred meters and takes divers through Iceland’s largest natural lake at a depth of 15-20m. So if you’re looking for an alternative or an addition to diving in Silfra, this is the place […]

  Divers want to see something special. Be it big fish, colorful corals, crystal-clear water or lost shipwrecks. If you think of diving in Iceland, icebergs probably come to mind — and if you do a bit of research, you’ll inevitably stumble upon Silfra, a dive site that keeps showing up at the very top […]

  Silfra… During my multi-day diving tour of Iceland, I was lucky enough to have two dives take me to Þingvellir. This historic place is surrounded by four active volcanoes, namely Hrómundartindur, Hengill, Prestahnjúkur and Hrafnabjörg. The valley is part of Iceland’s Golden Circle and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004. It […]

  Diving and Iceland go together like Volkswagen and Wolfsburg, or Porsche and Stuttgart. After all, the country offers everything a diver’s heart could wish for: as an island, you are literally sitting in the middle of the water — the Atlantic, to be precise. Thanks to the frequent rain and the many glaciers, there […]