Equipment can always be left behind and collected later. Each of the Silfra dives is usually between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on air consumption, diver ability and customer comfort.
The duration of the Silfra Diving Day Tour is very dependent on the number of participants and their dive experience level, and as such we are unable to give a definitive time, but usually the tour time is around three hours at Silfra, including one dive.
If however you are planning on doing two dives, please allow a maximum time of five hours for the Diving Silfra Tour. If you are using our transport then your total time of your Silfra Diving Day Tour is estimated to be a maximum of five hours from pick up to drop off, including one dive.
To dive in Silfra you need dry suit certification OR a minimum of 10 logged dry suit dives within the last two years. You don't need to meet both of these requirements, one is sufficient. All of our dives are dry suit dives. On top of that, some of the dives are deep and demanding e. There is no best or worst time to dive Silfra. Every season and every weather has its advantages. A windy summer day with waves will cast sun ripples onto the Silfra bottom Each season has its own pros and cons.
Spring and fall are best for those who like to stay out of the crowds. While we dive in small groups, some of the on-land sites we visit are popular among your run of the mill tourist and, frankly, can get a little crowded, although we do know of quite a few out of the way gems. The autumn colours of the turning leaves yes, we have leaves! Summer is the busiest season, and for a good reason.
From a diving stand point, it makes little difference which of the three seasons you visit as the dive sites, visibility and marine life are pretty constant through out, varying more from day to day, than from season to season. Silfra is located in the National Park and as such it is subject to restrictions put in place by Icelandic law, which require all divers to be a minimum of 17 years old, hold at least an Open Water Certification stating you can autonomously dive to at least 18m or higher and have either a drysuit certificate or experience.
It is also forbidden to enter into any overhead environment, regardless of training, or to dive deeper than 18m. Our other sites, are subject to the minimum age limit by law, and we require drysuit expereince for them, because they are fragile aquatic environments and have sligthly harder conditions than many other dive sites around the world.
This is done so that all divers enjoy a safe and happy dive tour. In general the answer is yes. Another uncommon reason could be that the camera has a problem. In this unlikely case you will be refunded for the tour photos should you already have purchased them online in advance.
You can try : However our dry suits are very buoyant and won't let you sink. Due to safety reasons we unfortunately do not provide weight belts. Few people are able to free dive in these suits, most are not. You are more than welcome to try, but please be aware that moving around that much and at extreme angles will raise the risk of water entering your dry suit through the neck seal.
For those of you who are enthusiastic freedivers, we also offer freedive tours of Silfra through our trusted partners who are specialists in freediving. These tours are conducted in a wetsuit, which makes freediving possible. Although we understand that many people prefer to snorkel with a full face snorkel mask also known as a Easybreath mask or Ninja mask , it is regrettably not possible to use them here in Iceland as it is not possible to get them to seal around the hood that you need to wear.
This would result in your mask constantly flooding with water, which would not be an enjoyable experience. You are most welcome to bring your own snorkeling equipment, but please be aware of the following. If you are thinking of bringing your own fins, please make sure that they are open heeled fins, as they will need to fit over a drysuit boot.
Most people will wear a drysuit with similar sized shoes to their normal shoe size, but sometimes that is not the case, and therefore your fins may not fit. You may find that 5mm five fingered gloves are quite cold, and we do not advise wearing anything less than 5mm thickness. Even though the dry suits are very buoyant and keep you afloat, it is a requirement that all participants must be able to swim and feel comfortable in water to join the tour.
This is for your own safety and comfort. You do however not need to be a very strong swimmer, merely able to swim and be comfortable in the water. During our snorkel tour we are in the water between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on the speed that the group travels and how long they want to explore in the lagoon at the end.
The tour time is between 2 and 2. The speed of the tour is dependent on the participants in the group and the number of people at Silfra, so if you are planning a second activity afterwards, please work on a maximum time frame of three hours. Please note that this is the duration of the tour on site at Silfra. If you have chosen to use our transport options, your tour time will be between five and six hours from pick up to drop off.
However, it is of high importance to provide us with your correct size height and weight , so we can make sure to bring the best fit for you. If we receive an incorrect size, the guest will receive and incorrect dry suit fit. We assure you that your size information as well as all other personal information stays confidential with us.
It goes with the territory to have a well sealing neoprene neck seal and rubber wrist seals in order to stay dry. Unfortunately we do not offer prescription masks, due to the amount of prescriptions we would need to cover. If you use glasses we recommend that you bring contact lenses as the glasses do not fit under the mask.
If you do however own a prescription mask, you are of course welcome to use it on the tour. Unfortunately, we do not offer any life jackets on our tours. All our participants must be able to swims and feel comfortable in water.
We provide you with 7mm three fingered neoprene mittens. This work on the same principles as a wetsuit, so your hands will be wet, but very well insulated. The wetsuit used by our partners on the freediving tour is a specialized 7mm freediving suit. In many cases, no water will touch your skin, but if it does, your body quickly heats up the water. The Freedive Foodhunt will take you on freedives in the ocean, which is several degrees warmer than Silfra.
IS including photo packages, t-shirts, jumpers, hoddies, hats , logbooks, postcards and stickers. Please have a look at our Souvenir page for more detailed information. If you want to buy souvenirs at Silfra, just ask the guide for information. Yes, there are toilet facilities at Silfra.
However we kindly ask you to not use them for changing, as there are only 2 toilets at Silfra and it can cause long queues to form. We do have a changing room vehicle , and often several other cars at Silfra for participants to change clothes in. Due to this layout, we highly recommend that participants arrive at Silfra already wearing their thermal base layer.
Of course! You are free to take your own photos or video on tour with us, but we ask that your equipment is attached to your body in one way or another, for example with a wrist band. We do however not advise that you take your phone in a waterproof case, due to the fact that it is generally not possible to operate it whilst wearing the gloves.
We do not take any responsibility of lost or damage photography gear that may happen on tour with us. Unfortunately, there is no food sold directly at Silfra. There is however a restaurant at the Thingvellir Information Centre which is located just 3,5km away from Silfra.
Our company policy is that all participants must be able to communicate in English as that is the working language of our guides.
We are happy to accept a non-English speaker, as long as they have an English speaker with them who can translate for them. This must be at a ratio of no more than 2 people to a translator.
The translator must participate in the in-water activity. If this is not possible, you may contact us and ask, as we do have very multi-lingual guides and are happy to discuss the possibility of a private tour at additional cost , but it cannot be guaranteed. All bookings need to be paid for in advance, due to high demand on our tours. Payment for souvenirs can be made on site by both card and cash transactions. Small stud earrings, non removable piercings and narrow chain necklaces can be worn without any problem.
However bracelets, watches, chunky necklaces and dangling earrings need to be removed. With regards to rings, they can be worn without any problem, but we ask that rings with large stones are either removed, or twisted around to the palm.
Rings with sharp edges are best removed so they do not catch on the gloves and wrist seals. Silfra is indeed very beautiful. However it can be very dangerous for kids left unsupervised. There is unfortunately no child care at Silfra and no staff member who can take responsibility of them.
We advise you to bring someone with you that can be with your kids during the activity. Unfortunately, by Icelandic law, all divers need to be a minimum of 17 years old to dive in Icelandic waters. Our company does however allow 17 year old divers who are certified with a Dry suit and diving speciality to join our tours with accompanied by their legal guardian.
Please note that their legal guardian will need to sign all paperwork for them. Silfra is accessed from shore, so there are no boats involved. Your family can of course stay with you on the surface and walk with you to the entrance and exit point.
Yes of course. We offer a special passenger fee of 5. Please note that you need to book this via email. If you are driving yourselves to the national park your companion can join for free as there is no entrace fee to the national park.
We unfortunately do not offer towels on our tour. You will only get wet on your head and hands so a towel is not really needed. You are however more than welcome to bring your own, and if you have long hair you might want to bring a towel to dry it after the tour. Unforeseen events are part and parcel of any travel experience. Other travel falls outside the scope of the insurance. As certified and experienced divers, each of our customers is personally responsible for diving within the limits set by their level of training, experience, health and physical fitness.
While we do not require that our divers or snorkelers provide proof of fitness or health-check, each diver and snorkeler will be asked to fill out and sign a medical statement and liability release whereby they take responsibility for their own health and fitness to dive. Please note that the parking lot for divers and snorkelers at Silfra is called P5 and is about a 5 minute walk to the Silfra meeting point.
You can pay for parking on CheckIt before or during the day of visit, and enter the license plate of your car into the system. Cameras check all license plates entering and leaving the parking lots.
Pay machines will also be installed at the parking lots in near future. We have a special Medical Statement that all our participants need to read and sign prior our tour. If you say YES to any of the questions in section 1 we unfortunately can't take you on our tour.
If you say YES to any of the questions in section 2 you need a Physicians approval. There you can fill out the electronic Medical Statement and then all you need to do is sign it at Silfra.
Our guides do their best to make your day at Silfra as memorable as possible. They carry top quality underwater cameras and take high resolution photos of both participants and the surroundings. You can view the photos after your tour and decide if you would like to purchase them. The photos are sold as a package, where you receive access to all the photos taken by your guide and our "Best of Silfra" collection folder, all of which will be made available to you via Dropbox.
The price for the photo package is ISK 2. Unfortunately we do not offer cameras for rent, we do however offer a very reasonably priced photo package including photos taken by your guide during your tour, and access to our "Best of Silfra" collection. You are however welcome to bring your own waterproof camera. Although there is plenty of life in Silfra, most of it is either plant life or microinvertibrates, which are not visible with the human eye.
Silfra is home to a unique amphipod called Crymostygius Thingvallensis found only in Thingvellir Lake and the surrounding fissures, such as Silfra. With regards to fish life, there are three different species of fish that live in the lake: Brown Trout, Arctic Char and Sticklebacks, however, only the Arctic Char visit the fissure; they are frequent visitors during mating season in August and September.
Throughout the rest of the year, the only fish who live in the Silfra fissure are the Dwarf Char, a subspecies of the Arctic Char. These range in size from a few centimetres, to approximately 10cm maximum, and live down in the darker recesses near the rocks and as such are not often spotted by divers or snorkelers. Yes, if you want to give someone a nice present, it will be our pleasure to prepare a nice gift certificate for you.
The certificate can be made for all of our tours, courses or any other products you find on our website. Please do not hesitate to contact us with your ideas. If you decide at a later date that you would like to purchase the photos you can contact our office and a payment link will be sent to you, allowing you to pay online.
Your hair is best worn either loose or in a low ponytail or a braid. This keeps it nicely out of the way during the activity. We do not advise buns or high ponytails as they will be quite uncomfortable under your hood, and bunches or twin braids can make a dry suit removal more difficult.
Please be aware that your hair is going to get wet, so please bring a towel if you prefer drying your hair afterwards. The Silfra fee is only for customers entering the water in Silfra. There is no entrance fee into the National Park itself. Our suits contain both neoprene and latex, so we ask that you contact us before completing your booking to discuss your situation and arrange for alternative equipment if possible. Our dive and snorkel tours start at the same time, so please choose the tours that are with the same timing.
Once at the site, divers and snorkelers are split into separate groups with different guides, but it is a small area and you will surely see each other. Please note that National Park regulations do not allow divers and snorkelers to be in the same spot in the water at the same time, you will therefor enter the water at different times with different guides. This is for your own comfort and safety to make sure that there is someone who is familiar with your situation and in the case of deafness, who is able to communicate with you as we do not currently have any guides who speak sign language.
We would appreciate it if you can let us know ahead of time in these situations, so that our guides are aware of the situation and so that we can discuss with you any particular changes or conciderations that may need to be taken into account.
Yes you can. Birth control prescriptions are the one exception on our medical form questions that does not need a doctors signature. Unfortunately it is not possible to wear glasses underneath the dive mask, as the mask would fill with water.
We therefore advise that if you are near-sighted i. If you are snorkelling and have prescription swimming goggles you are able to wear them, but you must also bring a nose clip to close of your nose, so that you are able to use your snorkel. Log in. Install the app. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
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