Wreck
down to 34 m
Ferndale
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
Experienced≤40 m
Frankenwald
Dive site in 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.
- Max depth
- 44 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Season
- All year
- Entry
- By boat
The story
The German steamer Frankenwald, carrying 7.971 tons of iron ore from Narvik toward Germany, was caught by the current and sank on 6 January 1940. Her crew took to the lifeboats and were picked up by local fishing boats.
Source: dykking.no
The dive
A wreck dive from a boat.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: lifeinnorway.net
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- Low visibilityVisibility can be limited; good navigation helps.
- The site goes deeper than 40 m: Experienced divers stay above 40 m.
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.
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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.