On the Ocean Diver Day Tour you will join the undersea inhabitants of the North Atlantic for a swim through Iceland’s cool coastal scene.

Two favourite local ocean dive sites are Garður, located at the tip of the Reykjanes peninsula and a one hour drive from Reykjavik and Gullkistuvik which is a 20 minutes boat ride from Reykjavik. Garður is a shore dive and Gullkistuvik is a boat dive. The choice of which site to use depends on the weather, season, tides and other factors.

Kelp forests offer a great habitat for a number of marine species, including lumpsuckers, nudibranchs, and a wide variety of invertebrates. Coloruful algae also flourish here off the coast of Iceland. You will most likely notice pairs of eyes sticking out of the sandy patches of the ocean floor where the flounders live. Soft orange coral also intermittently decorates the sandy ocean floor. In the area of the kelp forests, a wolf fish might pay you an unexpected visit or stick its head out of a pile of rocks, looking a bit like a prehistoric creature.

You will be picked you up at your hotel in the Reykjavik area and will be brought back afterwards.You will be offered some light snacks during the dive break.

The pick up time of this tour depends on the tides. It's preferable to end your second dive around the peak of the high tide.

Please note: ocean dives in Iceland depend on the weather and it can happen that scheduled ocean dive trips have to be canceled due to unfortunate weather conditions.  If that is the case, your dive guides will usually have a plan B and can offer you other dive sites, such as Bjarnagjá, Kleifarvatn or Silfra that do not depend on the weather as much as the ocean.