Glad you liked it!! SCUBA is an amazing hobby with so many possibilities. Most places in the world have some incredible underwater sights. Best of luck with your diving adventures!
I hear you. We live in Vancouver and 30 feet is a good day... The vis in the lagoon was the best I have ever seen, on par with the cenotes in Mexico...
@CSchaef02 Glad you enjoyed the video, diving in Iceland was truly unique. I had emailed the dive operators at dive.is and strytan.is. Hana was the person that helped me get the info I needed and they were all excellent to correspond with. That is a common theme in Iceland, everyone we spoke to were eager to help out and very nice.
Dived Silfra in 2014 and there is now a steel exit landing so no need for the muddy exit any more. Great dive, if a bit chilly but my camera died before the dive so thanks for this video..
therkels1 Silfra is always 2-3 Deg C, and never freezes over - so in winter with snow all around it is the same dive conditions in water. The depth we dived to was 24 m but Silfra is a bit deeper - the guides set the depth (seems to be governed by state rules) and no cave-diving or exploration is allowed. Highly recommended, ensure you have a camera made for diving. Strytan is my next goal.
+Silke Roland - I hired everything except my mask (has prescription lenses) to keep my luggage capacity to a minimal. I booked through Dive.IS - they have a shop near the Reykjavik docks area. Very helpful as my wife was snorkelling and using a dry suit for the first time, and wanted to double check sizing. Equipment for me included a 7mm Bare Dry Suit - neoprene neck and neoprene wrist seals (no leaks). From memory (as my pics do not show it) the regs were Cressi. Carried far too much weight (seems to be a standard as they get a range diver experience in their visitors). No knife needed. Tank appears to be 15 litre (forgot to check on the day - the staff were doing all checks on individual equipment - lazy diving!). Worst part was walking to the entry (100 m) and back from the exit (200 m) partly due to the over weighting. I was cold during the dive, although I wore some thermal underwear, an insulating under-suit, and the 7mm dry suit. Face went numb (as they said it would) in 30 seconds, but hands (in 7mm mitts) were cold (needed 3mm under gloves or dry gloves). That said, I really enjoyed the dive, although was too cold to do the 2nd dive (which I now regret). I aim to do this again with better thermals which I now use here in Victoria, Australia in winter. I also aim to do Strytan. A key is to eat a good breakfast, have good thermals (my thick Icelandic socks were excellent) - make sure you can dive in a dry suit. And take a good camera!
Hey AJ! Hope you have been well! Thank you again for such an excellent time in Iceland! We will certainly be back again, hopefully soon. You should message me your email so we can stay in touch. Are you still with dive.is?
Glad you liked it!! SCUBA is an amazing hobby with so many possibilities. Most places in the world have some incredible underwater sights. Best of luck with your diving adventures!
1 of the better dive videos on you tube, thumbs up good work..
This is awesome I am new to scuba diving and seeing this makes me want to dive more lol
Epic. I cannot wait to get scuba certified
I hear you. We live in Vancouver and 30 feet is a good day... The vis in the lagoon was the best I have ever seen, on par with the cenotes in Mexico...
Wow ! What an amazing place...One day, If I'm lucky.....
Ahh, that sure was a nice day diving in Þingvellir! When are you guys going to come back to check out all the other divesites? ;-)
- AJ
Great video.
I lived there for a year. A very dramatic, yet forbidding, place.
That is great, I would love to live there for a time. Even our short visit created a lot of lasting memories. Did you do any other diving there?
this is awesome! Is there a website or anything where I can find out more about diving in Iceland? I anticipate getting a drysuit soon...
@CSchaef02 Glad you enjoyed the video, diving in Iceland was truly unique. I had emailed the dive operators at dive.is and strytan.is. Hana was the person that helped me get the info I needed and they were all excellent to correspond with. That is a common theme in Iceland, everyone we spoke to were eager to help out and very nice.
Besutiful
Dived Silfra in 2014 and there is now a steel exit landing so no need for the muddy exit any more. Great dive, if a bit chilly but my camera died before the dive so thanks for this video..
Timothy Martin What temperature was it? And how deep? I must go there!
therkels1 Silfra is always 2-3 Deg C, and never freezes over - so in winter with snow all around it is the same dive conditions in water. The depth we dived to was 24 m but Silfra is a bit deeper - the guides set the depth (seems to be governed by state rules) and no cave-diving or exploration is allowed. Highly recommended, ensure you have a camera made for diving. Strytan is my next goal.
+Timothy Martin what equipment have you used there? Any free flow issues in the cold water? We are wanting to go and dive there possibly this year.
+Silke Roland - I hired everything except my mask (has prescription lenses) to keep my luggage capacity to a minimal. I booked through Dive.IS - they have a shop near the Reykjavik docks area. Very helpful as my wife was snorkelling and using a dry suit for the first time, and wanted to double check sizing. Equipment for me included a 7mm Bare Dry Suit - neoprene neck and neoprene wrist seals (no leaks). From memory (as my pics do not show it) the regs were Cressi. Carried far too much weight (seems to be a standard as they get a range diver experience in their visitors). No knife needed. Tank appears to be 15 litre (forgot to check on the day - the staff were doing all checks on individual equipment - lazy diving!). Worst part was walking to the entry (100 m) and back from the exit (200 m) partly due to the over weighting. I was cold during the dive, although I wore some thermal underwear, an insulating under-suit, and the 7mm dry suit. Face went numb (as they said it would) in 30 seconds, but hands (in 7mm mitts) were cold (needed 3mm under gloves or dry gloves). That said, I really enjoyed the dive, although was too cold to do the 2nd dive (which I now regret). I aim to do this again with better thermals which I now use here in Victoria, Australia in winter. I also aim to do Strytan. A key is to eat a good breakfast, have good thermals (my thick Icelandic socks were excellent) - make sure you can dive in a dry suit. And take a good camera!
+Timothy A. Martin - oh, and no free flow issues - the regs (1st and 2nd stages) appeared to be sealed, and suited to very cold environment diving.
Hey AJ! Hope you have been well! Thank you again for such an excellent time in Iceland! We will certainly be back again, hopefully soon. You should message me your email so we can stay in touch. Are you still with dive.is?
just give it to that poor fish!!!
Great video footage but the music was very melancholic but did not fit the video… almost made me cut my veins off. Lol.
Roger Betancourt Okay then.