Max 3 people
Diving Silfra Buddy Tour
A more personalised experience for yourself and your buddies!
Dive Silfra with a personal guide
Make sure you and your buddies don't get split up in different groups
A scuba diving adventure in the famous Silfra fissure is an unforgettable experience and a bucket list worthy dive. Even better when you can experience it with a guide just for yourself and your buddies. This tour is a great option if you want to make sure that you and your friends won't be divided in different groups.
The snorkeling tour in Silfra operated by DIVE.IS is the best tour in Iceland and 10th in the world on the 2024 Best of the Best Traveler's choice awards by Tripadvisor. So you know you are in good hands with us.
We can proudly state that DIVE.IS will offer you the best service level at Silfra. Let us tell you why:
- We built our own changing room so that our guests have the opportunity to dress up inside a heated changing van.
- After diving in the cold water, we warm you up with hot cocoa and cookies.
- Our guides are all experienced PADI divemasters and instructors that have been through professional training before running any of our tours
Our scuba diving tour of Silfra is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you and your buddies to experience a fascinating underwater world that is unique to this site. Nowhere else on Earth will you ever find such transparent water and unbelievable colors! The glacial water that fills the Silfra fissure has been filtered through underground lava rock for centuries, a process that makes it crystal clear and with 120 meters of visibility.
This tour is only available on request and it allows you to reserve a guide just for your group of up to 3 people. This will give you a more personalised experience and ensure you and your friends will not be split up in different groups with different guides.
At your arrival at the meeting point at Silfra, you will be welcomed by your guide. Your diving equipment will be ready and your guide will give you a detailed briefing of the dive and of the peculiar Silfra environment.
After making your way to the entry platform (3-minute walk from the meeting point), you will spend about 30 minutes diving through the four parts of Silfra: the Big Crack, the Hall, the Cathedral and the Lagoon. These sections offer different sceneries and rock formations and the full spectrum of Silfra’s colours and clarity become more and more apparent as you proceed through the fissure.
At the end of the tour, you will make your way back to the meeting point, where your guide will help you out of your gear and offer you hot chocolate and cookies to warm up.
The price for this tour is intended for a group of 1 to 3 people.
This is a self-drive tour and we will meet you at the Silfra meeting point in Thingvellir National Park. If you need to be picked up in Reykjavik or need a more flexible start time, please let us know in advance so that we can give you a final price, or arrange a fully private tour for you.
We would also like to draw your attention to our Silfra and Davíðsgjá Buddy tour. If you would like to add dives to your day, you can also dive in Davíðsgjá fissure. It is only about a 10 min drive from Silfra fissure, also located in the National park.
Silfra fissure is located at Thingvellir National Park which is on the Golden circle, a very popular sightseeing route in Iceland. Other sightseeing locations on the Golden circle are Gullfoss waterfall, Geysir hot spring and Kerið crater.
Tour Details
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Available on request
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Approx. 2.5 hours at the site
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Maximum 3 divers per guide
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The price for this tour is intended for a group of 1 to 3 people
Included:
- Semi-private guided diving trip
- All necessary diving gear
- Hot chocolate and cookies after the dive
- Entrance fee into Silfra
Please bring:
- Long underwear
- Thick socks
- Suitable clothes for the weather of the day
- Contact lenses or your own prescription mask
This is a semi-private tour,available only as self-drive. We also have fully private tours, with and without pick up, for those that want to dive in private
This diving tour is depending on availability. If we are able to go on the requested date and time, we will confirm the booking and send you a payment link for the total amount.
POPULAR TIMES AT SILFRA
Safety requirements
Participants must:-
be a certified diver at the level of PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
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have dry suit diving certification and a logged dry suit dive within two years of the Silfra tour date OR have at least 10 logged dry suit dives within two years of the Silfra tour date and be able to provide written proof from a diving instructor of these dry suit dives PDF
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have read, signed, and followed directions on the online Diving Silfra Medical Statement PDF
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have our Diving Medical form signed off by a doctor if they are age 60 or older PDF
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sign our liability release form at the start of the Silfra dive tour PDF
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be at minimum 150cm / maximum 200cm
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be at minimum 45kg / maximum 120kg
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fit within our dry suit size chart PDF
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be at least 17 years of age (signature of legal guardian required for under 18 year old participants)
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be physically fit
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be able to communicate in English
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be ready to wear a sometimes tight & constricting dry suit
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not be pregnant
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eat well before the tour
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