We spent two days of diving the silver (isl. = silfra) crack in February- surprisingly with sunshine!

• Silfra is located in the southeast of ICELAND- about a one and a half our car ride from Reykjavik.
• Silfra offers diving in a crack between the American and Eurasian continental plates
• the plates drift apart about 2 cm per year
• the visibility you will find, is just impressive
• water is cold, between 2°C - 4°C all year
• the water - melting water from a glacier about 50km away -
  filtered by the basalt stone to best drinking water quality
• The National Park Thingvellir has been declared a WORLD HERITAGE SITE by UNESCO
• Silfra Cathedral and Silfra Lagoon can be dived in one or in two days.
• maximum depth of 18 meters can be done in different variations...
• the underground wells cause a little bit of a current, drifting us through the crack
• the Silfra Lagoon is approx. 120m in diameter and shallow (approx. 5m max
• For skilled & experienced divers Silfra could be intersting for cave and deep diving - but there is no cave or technical diving backup
• the dive center was for recreational diving only

Phantastic dives, breathtaking ice and rocks as well the nice and helpful guide Tobias from Germany- living in Reykjavik and owner of the dive shop- thanks a lot for the great time!

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