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Silfra, Iceland

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Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

About Silfra

A wall dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 41 km away. For experienced divers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Reykjavik. Within 5 km we also list 5 dive sites.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 41 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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From Chicago: about 12 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to KEF, direct. About 8 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 40 from the airport to Silfra.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry: scored by other rules.

Fresh water has no waves to forecast, so the 48 points out of 80 that a sea site gets for a calm sea are given in full. The day turns on the wind (24 points) and the rain (8); gusts of 34 kn or more still score it nothing.

No sea temperature is read for it: nothing forecasts a lake's water, and it is often much colder at depth than at the top. Ask a dive centre what suit to bring.

Best on Mon 19: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind 13 kn gusting 23. Rain 5 mm.

The score for experienced divers, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreWindGustsRain
Sun 18Oct7413 kn21kn17.8 mm
Mon 19Oct8013 kn23kn5 mm
Tue 20Oct805 kn9kn2.1 mm
Wed 21Oct804 kn7kn0 mm
Thu 22Oct804 kn9kn1.2 mm
Fri 23Oct801 kn6kn0 mm
Sat 24Oct804 kn12kn0 mm
Sun 25Oct808 kn13kn0 mm
Mon 26Oct806 kn12kn0 mm
Tue 27Oct803 kn7kn0 mm

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); rain is over the daylight readings, in mm. Water has no reading: no sea temperature is read for a lake. What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives.

The season

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for experienced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7
  2. Feb7of 7
  3. Mar7of 7
  4. Apr7of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct7of 7
  11. Nov7of 7
  12. Dec7of 7

Typical, not a forecast: the mean wind of each day (a lake has no sea), with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £740–£1,400 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £315–£650
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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