Nordland

Norway

Great wreck dive, ww2 airplane wreck.



Dornier WW2 wreck Onoy is also known as Dornier 24 t-3.

Hagen

Dornier WW2 wreck Onoy

The wreck sits on its keel on flat bottom and is pretty intact. The steamship was 90 meters long. It was bombed during the war and sank in 1943. The wheelhouse is at 18-23 meters depth. The front end of the wreck has about 26 meters. The holding bays are open and can be dived. 

The wreck is in the middle of the entrance to Bodo port, with a lot of traffic. Sometimes there is a buoy on the wreck.

DS Rabat

A narrow strait that separates a large fjord from the Atlantic ocean. This has created on of the most exiting and challenging dive sites in the world. It is the lunar tide that makes one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. Four times a day enormous amounts of water is being forced thru a 150 meter, 3 kilometre and 30 meter deep sound. At the peak of the current the rushing water creates huge swirls (10-15 meter wide) in the shallower part of the sound. The underwater world is absolute breathtaking. Massive walls dropping down to 90 metres are completely covered with all kinds of marine life. Sea anemones are clustered around as huge flowerbeds, competing to show the strongest colours. Several large Wolffish are resting on shelves on the wall after their lunch. 



Saltstraumen

Dive either along the breakwater or westwards along the cliffs. Bottom sloping gently, with rocks and sand patches.



Mørkvedbukta

Start diving at either end of the skerrie called Svarven. The wall is completely covered with marine life such a anemones and other soft corals. Depending on the current either follow the wall north-west, or end your dive in the 5 meter deep channel between the skerries. You can enter the channel at both ends. Here kelp is thriving and you may catch glimpses of seal.

Small skerries south of the Lofotodden, in the Moskstraumen.

Svarven

Always dive here with a local guide and a buoy to the surface from each diver. This is a very demanding dive, but as well very rewarding when done safely.

The Moskstraumen or Moskenstraumen is a system of tidal eddies and whirlpools, one of the strongest in the world, that forms at the Lofoten archipelago, Norway, in the Norwegian Sea. It is located between the Lofoten Point of Moskenesøya and Værøy, at the small island of Mosken. Source: Wikipedia

Moskstraumen

Fantastic dive site near the famous Moskenesstraumen (malstroem). Great kelp-forrest. You can dive around the islet (best on the south-side), or in the passages between the islet further into the bay, depending on sea conditions. The marine-life here is among the most photogenic and the best in Northern Norway. Diving here we were accompanied by Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus).



Lofotodden

Great place for a second dive or night dive. Varied terrain which gets gradually shallower as you swim into the bay. Big boulders on sand bottom. Kelp in the shallows. Great spot for smaller fish, crustaceans and other macro life.

Start diving at the northern edge of the bay and dive inwards.

Helle

Fantastic wreck from 1958 which lies with a 50 degree tilt on white sand bottom. Top of wreck at 37m and bottom at 46m. Although it has gotten beatings from the weather even at this depth, it is still fairly intact. Great marine-life as well. Soft corals and also big fish.



MS Hadsel

Easy dive, nice kelp forest

Short boat ride from Reine, Lofoten. A favourite spot for the Aqua Lofoten team.

Dornier WW2 wreck Onoy

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Dornier WW2 wreck Onoy