Tour description
This is the ultimate experience for those who truly want to understand the complexities of Silfra and lava tube formations. Starting off in Reykjavik, your guide for the day will introduce you to the secluded lava tube known as Leidarendi. Here you will learn about the intricacies of lava tube formations as you´ll be inside one witnessing it first hand.
Thereafter we will head out to Silfra Fissure, situated in Þingvellir National Park a UNESCO World Heritage site. You will discover the secret of the cave and be able to fully appreciate the Diving tour as you will be able to easily grasp how Silfra truly is one of the most unique dive sites in the world. This is because Silfra is fed with subterranean glacial spring water across a 50km stretch for decades, filtering slowly through porous igneous volcanic lava tubes just like the one you will see at the start of the day.
Price & availability
Price: 42.900 ISK
Included:
FREE diving photos
Hot chocolate after diving
All SCUBA equipment
All caving equipment
Pick up and drop off in Reykjavik
English speaking guide
Spanish also upon request
Pick up:
Summer Departures:
From 1. March – 31. Oct: Pick up is between 7:45 and 8:15 am
Duration: 7-8 hours
Prerequisites:
- Drysuit certification or logbook with 10 logged drysuit dives in the last two years is required. All dives are performed in a dry suit.
- Divers have to supply their sizes of suit upon booking, to ensure we bring the right equipment for you. You must have dived in a dry suit within the last 2 years before diving Silfra.
- Be comfortable in water and be able to swim.
- Be physically fit; you need to be able to walk about 400 meters with full dry suit equipment on.
- Have read, signed, and followed directions on the Silfra Diving Medical Statement
- Sign our liability release form at the start of the tour
- Be at minimum 145cm (4’9) tall / maximum 200cm (6’7) tall
- Be at minimum 45kg (99 lbs) / maximum 120kg (264 lbs)
- Be minimum 18 years of age
- Not be pregnant
- Remember you must wait a minimum of 12 hours before flying after you have finished your dive
- Not wear glasses, so if you have a prescription mask, please bring it with you. If not, we advise you to get contact lenses before you join us for snorkeling.
- You must be able to walk 150 metres to the entry point from where you prepare your equipment.
- After the dive you must be able to walk approximately 400 metres back to the changing area while wearing all equipment.
You cannot dive in Silfra if you have had or have any of the follow conditions:
- Current or previous heart disease, heart surgery or heart attack
- Current lung disease
- Previous pneumothorax (collapsed lung), chest disease or chest surgery
- Head injury with loss of consciousness during recent years
- Thrombocytopenia or other blood disorders
- Colostomy or ileostomy
- Epilepsy or conditions resulting in sudden unconsciousness
- Obesity
Prerequisites:
- Be comfortable in water and be able to swim
- Be physically fit
- Be ready to wear a sometimes tight & constricting dry suit
- Have read, signed, and followed directions on the Diving Medical Statement
- Sign our liability release form at the start of the tour
- Be at minimum 145cm (4’9) tall / maximum 200cm (6’7) tall
- Be at minimum 45kg (99 lbs) / maximum 120kg (264 lbs)
- Be minimum 14 years of age
- Not be pregnant
- Not wear glasses, so if you have a prescription mask, please bring it with you. If not, we advise you to get contact lenses before you join us for snorkeling.
Minimum participants: 2 people (Contact us if you are traveling alone as we might already have a small group departing at your desired date).
Maximum participants: 3 per snorkeling guide and 8 per caving guide
Rank: Medium.
What to bring
We will provide you with all necessary gear required for snorkeling and caving. You will however have to bring:
- Clothes suited to dress under a drysuit such as long warm underwear or sweat suit, warm socks OR
- Clothes suited to dress under a wetsuit such as swimsuits
- Warm clothes to wear prior and after the snorkeling
- Water Resistant outer layer as it can be wet inside the cave
- Towel
- Lunch or Snack
- Camera
- You can rent a GoPro camera from us
Extras available
Rent a GoPro and you will receive an SD card with your footage to take home straight after your tour.
Check out our other diving tours:
- Diving in Silfra Fissure
- Diving in Silfra and The Golden Circle
