Wreck
down to 44 m
Frankenwald
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
Experienced≤40 m
Ferndale
Dive site in 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.
- Max depth
- 34 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Season
- All year
- Entry
- By boat
The story
In December 1944 the freighter Ferndale ran aground and the steamer Parat came to help; the next morning allied aircraft found both ships and set them ablaze. After the war her bow and foreship were salvaged, leaving midship and stern.
Source: gulendiveresort.com
The dive
A wreck dive from a boat.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: xray-mag.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
Season in Gulen (Western Norway)
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Diveable all year.
Source: gulendiveresort.comWhere is Gulen (Western Norway)?
The point shows the Gulen (Western Norway) area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Gulen (Western Norway)
Macro
down to 30 m
Gulen House Reef
The resort house reef, with the highest documented nudibranch species count in the Atlantic: 73 species so far.
- Open Water
- Nudibranchs
Wreck
down to 28 m
Bandak
A 42 m coastal freighter crushed against the rocks by a storm in January 1949 while heading into the Sognefjord, lying at 18-28 m.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 25 m
Havda
An old passenger ship sunk by accident in an Allied air attack, resting at 15-25 m.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 55 m
KNM Uller
An 1876 Norwegian gunboat seized in 1940 and only rediscovered in 2009, a technical dive at 50-55 m.
- Technical
Wreck
down to 60 m
Parat
The 30 m steamer that came to help the grounded Ferndale in 1944 and sank beside her, settling at 45-60 m.
- Technical
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.