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DIVE.IS/no resort: "Diving in Iceland", Aug, 2019, by Joseph Muratore, NY, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 11120.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I took a PADI drysuit class on one day with two open water dives, one in a geothermal lake (Lake Kleifarvatn)and the other in a glacier-fed geologic crack (in Lake Pingvallavatn). Use of a drysuit was necessary because the water temperatures were typically not much higher than the freezing point. The course was actually a refresher for me. The DIVE.IS instructor (Nino) was excellent and the two dives were at unusual and unique locations. The water temperature in the geothermal lake was 52 F with about 10 m visibility, but the temperature in the lake with the crack was 38-39 F and up to 50 m visibility. The next day we made a drysuit dive in the Silfra fissure, where visibility was 100 m and water temperature was 37-38 F. Nino was our guide through the rift, and again he was excellent and made the dive and the day lots of fun. I certainly recommend this dive company and the Iceland dive sites I visited, though it's not cheap. Also, the value of these dives was in the scenery and uniqueness of the environments, not animal life.
Websites	DIVE.IS
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Most recently, southern Florida and Morehead City, North Carolina; now Iceland; but mostly shore diving off Long Island, NY.
Closest Airport	Keflevik, Reykjavik	Getting There	Direct flight from JFK to Keflevik
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	37-53°F / 3-12°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	10-100 M / 33-328 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	We were asked to limit depth in Silfra to 60 ft, but most of the time depth was less than that anyway.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	With the tremendous visibility, there is value for wide angle photography of walls and rock formations. Not much for underwater life or macro.

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Dive Review of DIVE.IS/no resort in General Travel/Other Locations/Iceland

DIVE.IS/no resort: "Diving in Iceland", Aug, 2019,

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