Kelp forest
down to 27 m
Tunnelen
Bodø & Saltstraumen, Norway
A slack-tide dive along a wall of yellow dead man's fingers, descending through a cloud of coalfish to 27 m to meet an enormous cod.
- Experienced
- Saithe
Diving in Norway
3 destinations and 26 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.
Dive sites to know
Cave
down to 135 m
Pluragrotta (Plura cave, main route from the Plura entrance)
Plura Cave (Pluragrotta), Norway
Northern Europe's deepest cave: about 3 km of passages and the most-dived cave in Scandinavia, with visibility up to 20 m.
- Technical
Kelp forest
down to 40 m
Saltstraumen
Bodø & Saltstraumen, Norway
A guided dive in Saltstraumen's short slack window: kelp forests in the stream, anemone-covered rock walls, large cod, halibut and, with luck, wolffish.
- Experienced
- Saithe
Wreck
down to 18 m
Diether von Roeder (Framnesodden)
Narvik & Lofoten, Norway
WWII destroyer wreck near Narvik lying at 10–18 m, the shallowest of its neighbours Anton Schmidt and Wilhelm Heidkamp.
- Open Water
Wreck
down to 34 m
Ferndale
Gulen (Western Norway), Norway
A 116 m freighter on a slope from 8-10 m down to her intact midship and stern at 34 m, beside the Sail Rock pinnacle.
- Experienced
Wreck
down to 44 m
Frankenwald
Gulen (Western Norway), Norway
A 122 m German freighter whose deck slopes from 24 to 34 m to the stern on the sand at 44 m, voted best wreck in Norway by readers of Dykking magazine.
- Experienced
All dive sites in Norway
Narvik & Lofoten, Norway
- Diether von Roeder (Framnesodden)Open Water18 m
- Hans Lüdemann (Rombaksbotn)Open Water15 m
- Junkers Ju 52 (Hartvikvatnet)Open Water9 m
- MV Gudrun Gisladottir (Ballstad)Experienced40 m
- Wilhelm Heidkamp (Framnesodden)Advanced24 m
- Wolfgang Zenker (Rombaksbotn)Open Water16 m
- Anton Schmitt (Framnesodden)Advanced27 m
- D/S Nordstjernen (Raftsundet)Technical50 m
- Georg Thiele (Rombaksfjord)Experienced45 m
- Hermann Künne (Herjangsfjord)Experienced42 m
- MV Hadsel (Reine)Experienced40 m
- Nusfjord WallAdvanced20 m
Gulen (Western Norway), Norway
- FerndaleExperienced34 m
- FrankenwaldExperienced44 m
- Gulen House ReefOpen Water30 m
- BandakAdvanced28 m
- HavdaAdvanced25 m
- KNM UllerTechnical55 m
- ParatTechnical60 m
- Sail RockAdvanced20 m
- Stingray CityOpen Water20 m
- WelheimExperienced70 m
- SolvangOpen Water15 m
Bodø & Saltstraumen, Norway
- TunnelenExperienced27 m
- SaltstraumenExperienced40 m