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Sigurdur Haraldsson/N/A: "Cold Water Diving in the Land of Fire and Ice", Oct, 2024, by Ryan M Neely, MN, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 13172.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We had heard a lot about diving Silfra--a traditional bucket-list destination for divers--which saw us researching a trip to Iceland, but we wanted to do more diving than simply exploring Silfra with a guide. There is a lot we did topside (we were in Iceland for three weeks), but we put in six out of twelve scheduled dives while we were there, and each individual dive was amazing. Siggi from IceDive.is was an excellent guide. IceDive.is is a SDI/TDI organization, so technical diving is an option there. Since we were only doing recreational dives and we were trying to keep things cheap in an already expensive vacation, we dived air. (Though, I think Nitrox or Trimix could have been available if those are the dives you're interested in.) Siggi picked us up at the airport in his van and drove us to each dive site. We spent the drive between dives for lunch and our surface interval. In the ocean dives, we saw a ton of jellyfish and starfish and soft spongey corals and a cousin to the scorpionfish and a curious seal. There was kelp and rocks and all manner of places for things to hide. Siggi even found us a nudibranch. I'd never seen one in the wild. They're tiny. We also dived in several freshwater lakes. Kleifarvatn, where there's some kind of hot springs activity, and Silfra (of course) and Davidjá (which is still a crater, but at the bot ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Sigurdur Haraldsson
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Vancouver Island, Northern Minnesota, Bonaire, Dominica, Iceland
Closest Airport	Keflavík International Airport	Getting There	We had a direct flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Keflavík. We had no troubles getting there.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	33-49°F / 1-9°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-300 Ft/ 15-91 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	There weren't really any restrictions enforced. We were unfamiliar with the area, so we proceeded with Siggi as our guide and trusted him to lead us safely in and out from shore.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	We worked out of our hotel room for this. Our room was tiny and almost impossible to rinse gear at the end of the day. I'd opt for a lar ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Sigurdur Haraldsson/N/A in General Travel/Other Locations/Iceland

Sigurdur Haraldsson/N/A: "Cold Water Diving in the Land of Fire and Ice", Oct, 2024,

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