![]() ![]() The only things we bring up are experiences and beautiful photos. Welcome to the Saltstraumen marine park, but respect our desire to take care of diversity. Giving fish life a respite in the protection zone will increase the fish stock in the entire immediate area. The Saltstraumen marine protected area is not large, but it is a very important spawning area with an enormously complex species diversity. We want to help ensure that this remains the case, and therefore have no-hunting policy at NORD&NE. A self-imposed ban on underwater hunting for wolffish has led to diving in Saltstraumen for a number of years now being about experiencing and taking pictures, not hunting. Some years ago, there were very many divers who hunted in Saltstraumen. This is a unique piece of nature, and the desire to ensure that it remains so in the future grows stronger with each dive. Through many years of diving in Saltstraumen, we feel a great respect for the current and life in it, both above and below water. These are also the places we use for courses, with plenty of underwater life to see there as well. We do not take larger groups than 6 guests in the boat.įor beginners or divers who do not have sufficient experience with dry suit, we have a couple of areas outside the strong current, about 15-25 minutes drive away. To take out the boat, a minimum of 3 divers is needed. We have one of our best land dives straight from the quay at NORD&NE. ![]() All our dive sites are within 1-7 minutes by boat or car. We are diving from both land and from a boat. How demanding the diving is depends on the lunar phase, and how big the difference is at high tide on the day in question. So to dive with us in the Saltstraumen itself, you must be a certified dry suit diver, and master the dry suit well., And preferably be AOW-certified. ![]() The strong currents and steep walls make it demanding to dive here. Study beautiful nudibranches or colorful anemones, and watch kelp forests dance in the streams. Enjoy the sight of a huge halibut that gracefully sails through the water. Here you can experience large schools of pollock, and get in close contact with a large cod that graze in the kelp forest. We need at least 2 people to arrange a trip, and we bring a maximum of 8 in the boat.ĭiving in Saltstraumen with its unique marine life, drift dives and cold water You need to have some basic swimming experience.Ĭontact us to book snorkeling. Recommended lower age 12 years, due to the smallest dry suits we have are adult XXS. A guide is with you in the water, and the boat is always nearby if someone wants to get out of the water before the others. During the briefing you get information about how the equipment is used, techniques for snorkeling, hand signals, how to get in and out of the boat, safety and a little about the wildlife you will see during snorkeling. But you must bring warm clothes to wear under the dry suit, such as a layer of wool or two. We are careful to choose snorkeling places that do not take us out in the big whirlpools, ship lanes or the strongest currents.Įverything you need is included in the price dry suit, fins, mask, snorkel, hood and gloves. We follow the shoreline, where you can see the seaweed fluttering in the current below you, schools of fish, colourful anemones and if you are lucky, a wolffish. ![]()
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