Posted by Erlendur

Dive Tours

Strytan.is are located in Akureyri but we can plan dive trips all around Iceland.  We want divers to stay with us for more than one day so if you are interested in dive holyday in Iceland we will plan your trip and make you an offer.  If you are going to dive in Iceland we know the condictions in the sea  so we can help you plan your dive. We can pick you up at the airport in Keflavík or in Seyðisfjörður if you are coming with the ferry. If you need some place to stay we can also assist you finding the best prices and places.

Strytan

The only geothermal cone found in the world you can scuba dive the other are found at 3000m or deeper. Strytan is rising from the the seafloor at a depth of 65m to 15m under the surface so the Strytan in Eyjafjörður is 50m high. Around 100 liters of freshwater per sek at 72°c is coming from the cone. The professor at the Univercity in Akureyri tells us the fresh water from the cone is 1100 years old. The first underwater protected area in Iceland.

  • Availability: All year around.
  • Dive skills: Advanced scuba diver. Experienced dry suite diver. Boat dive.
  • Duration: 4-6 hours
  • Pleace bring: Warm clothes
  • Included: Transport from Akureyrir to our dive center at Hjalteyri.  Two guided dives one at Strytan.
  • Minimum: 1 diver
  • Price/Diver: 30.000,- ISK

Arnarnesstrytur

Are group of small cones rising from the seafloor at depth from 18-46 meters. This is the second underwater protected area in Iceland and the protedted area is 400 meters wide and 1000 meters long. We usually dive at the shallowest cone and feed the cod and the wolffish with the shell Artica islandica. In the end of the dive we take hot water on a termo from the cone to make some choca in the boad after the dive. The 78°c hot fresh water steaming from the cone is 1100 years old and taste little sweet. In this dive you can see lot of the sea animals living at hard bottom close to the artich circle.

  • Avaitability: All year.
  • Dive skills: Open water diver. If you dont have dry suite experience you can take dry suite course.Boat dive.
  • Duration: 4-6 hours.
  • Pleace bring: Warm clothes
  • Included: Transport from Akureyri to our divecenter in Hjalteyri. Two guided dives. Hot choca made with water from the cone.
  • Minimum: 1 Diver
  • Price/Diver: 30.000,- ISK

Ásbyrgi-Dettifoss-Lake Mývatn

In this tour you will not only dive you will see some of the most bautiful parts of Iceland. The tour starts from Akureyri. First stop is the new discoverd crack Nesgjá and lake Lón where we dive. Next stop is the 17°c hot river Litla Á where you can snorkel or dive.  The river is known for the big touts and warm springs. We visit Dettifoss the 100m wide waterfall that have a drop of 44m to the canyon Jökulsárgljúfur. Dettifoss is the largest waterfall in Europe it terms of volume discharge. Then we stop at Lake Mývatn were we visit Krafla, Námuskarð and take a Nature Bath in the geothermal spa or the warm cracks.

  • Availability: All year.
  • Dive skills: Open water or snorkel.
  • Duration: 10-14 hours.
  • Pleace bring: Warm clothes and good shoues.
  • Included: Everything
  • Minimum: 2 participants.
  • Price for 2: 45.000,- ISK / Diver 
  • Price for 3 or more: 35.000,- ISK / Diver 

Grímsey

When traveling to Grímsey you can take the ferry that goes three times every week, take the flight or sail with privat boat. If you are sailing to Grímsey you usually see some whales on the way. We cant count the Puffins and Guillemots birds in the sea and cliffs around the island. When you are on the island you will meet my favorit bird the Artic Tern. Usually the could artic sea is blue and clear and when diving you will see Cod, flat fish like Plaice and big steams of Pollock. This is the only place where I have been diving with Guillemots birds and Puffins in visibility over 20 meters.

  • Availiability: April-Agust
  • Dive skills: Open water diver
  • Duration: After request
  • Pleace bring: Warm close and good shoes
  • Included: Everything
  • Price: We plan the trip with you and make you an offer

The wreck Standard

In the harbour almost in the center of Akureyri is this old 60 meters long and 11 meters wide ship Standard built in the USA in the year 1874. It sank in the beginning of  the world war I but at that time it  was owned by German fishing company. Usually its lot of fish around Standard and in one dive I have seen elleven tipes of fish.

  • Availiability: All year
  • Dive skills: Open water diver
  • Duration: 1-2 hours
  • Pleace bring: Warm clotes
  • Incluced: All dive gear
  • Price/Diver: 25.000,- ISK