Freedive Silfra day tour
Overview
100+ meters visibility on a normal day. We provide changing van for all
No certification needed
Tour is 3-4 hours long
Inclusions
- National Park fees
- Beverages
- All activities
- Professional guide
- Use of Snorkelling equipment
What to expect
Freedive Silfra in wetsuits between continents in the best visibility with the best freedive gear available! Silfra is one of the TOP freedive places in the world. Visibility is 100+ on most days.
You meet our guides in the National park of Thingvellir when tour starts (Can park your car at P5 parking spot 5 min walk from meeting point)
Start by getting a briefing from our guides on safety and all you will see and do, then you put on the equipment and walk 2 minutes to Silfra.
Your guide is with you all the time while in the water for safety and comfort. Afterwards the guide will take you back to the changing room and help you take off the equipment and help with all needed. Then you get hot cocoa to get warm and cozy again.
Freedive Iceland is the only Icelandic company offering freediving tours accompanied by certified freedive professionals, and we can assure you that freediving with us will be a memorable experience. No freediving experience or license is needed. Instead, we freedive with consideration to our customers’ ability.
We will provide you with all necessary gear required for freediving.
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Attendees must be over 145 cm in height and 45 kg. weight. Attendees must NOT be over 210cm tall and 130 kg. weight
- Best to bring warm things to put on after dive
- Attendees MUST know how to swim and be physically and mentally fit.
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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I have to admit that I really had to force myself to do this, and I nearly chickened out on multiple occasions. We both live in Thailand, have only ever dived in tropical water, and I have an almost phobic level of dislike for cold water. I can't even take a cold shower in a tropical country with...
I have to admit that I really had to force myself to do this, and I nearly chickened out on multiple occasions. We both live in Thailand, have only ever dived in tropical water, and I have an almost phobic level of dislike for cold water. I can't even take a cold shower in a tropical country without hyperventilating - seriously, I thought this would kill me. I only went through with it because I'd talked to friends so much about what I was about to do (or maybe not do), that there seemed no way to back down. All I can say is that it was AMAZING, and I mean - NO COLD WATER SHOCK WHATSOEVER. The rubber lined spearfishing wetsuits are no ordinary wetsuit - they are incredible - you feel NO DISCOMFORT AT ALL when getting into the water. After 40 mins I felt no different than diving in the tropics. So, if you are hesitant about doing this because you just can't imagine diving into freezing water, then do NOT let that stop you - it is no problem whatsoever when you go with Freedive Iceland - and it is just gonna be so much better than messing round in one of many the drysuit bootcamp operations. Now, just a couple of caveats - yes, your lips and forehead will feel the water - but that's no different to wearing a drysuit. Pull the hood down properly and it's no problem, but be prepared to accept a bit of an ice cream headache for a short while. The rest of your body will feel totally comfortable. And embrace the tight fit - don't wear any baggy swimsuit underneath - just speedos or swim undergarments - you really need the suit to hug your body tight. Make sure the gloves and boots fit well - if water circulates, you will feel it, and whilst it won't ruin your day, you'd rather not. Also, we were very lucky with the weather - almost no wind, bright sunshine, which made the whole getting changed thing much more comfortable than it might otherwise be, and also made the whole experience much less intimidating. I'm not sure how I would have felt if it was dark, windy and rainy outside. You will have to get changed in / outside a van in the car park - but that's the way it is for everyone, an our guide Marcelo was a great help getting the suit on (much easier than a dry suit, but it does involve squirting a lot of hair conditioner). The snorkeling / freediving itself is everything it's cracked up to be and more - this is the clearest water on earth , and it looks so much better from down below looking up and ahead than it does from the top looking down. So get the weights on and dive down, even if it's only a metre or two. Again, we were super lucky with the light - we went at 930am in April on a clear day. Maybe check with the team in advance when the best time of day to go would be around the time your are visiting. Shout out to Marcelo, who was an awesome, friendly and helpful guide and to the Freedive Iceland operation which - for us at least - ran like clockwork. We were the only two people in the group that day so we had the whole tour to ourselves, with no extra charge. This is the way to do Silfra. Enjoy!First of all, if you choose to go freediving in a wetsuit in glacier water, you should know what to expect. It is COLD. Purely unimaginably COLD. We are from Florida are are used to diving in 72-degree spring water, so the extreme cold of 35 degree glacier water was really a shock to us. That b...
First of all, if you choose to go freediving in a wetsuit in glacier water, you should know what to expect. It is COLD. Purely unimaginably COLD. We are from Florida are are used to diving in 72-degree spring water, so the extreme cold of 35 degree glacier water was really a shock to us. That being said, this tour company did a great job of making this tour as comfortable as possible in impossible conditions. The open-cell freediving suits were as warm as a wetsuit can be, and they fit great. Getting into them was also easy since the guide was well-prepared with an industrial-sized conditioner squirt gun to lubricate the suits before stuffing a bunch of frozen tourists into them. The guide proactively assisted us with every aspect of getting into our gear, which was helpful since many of us were unfamiliar with the particular variations between scuba gear and free diving gear and/or our brains were too frozen to figure it out for ourselves. His humor and patience were greatly appreciated every step of the way. The heated van was not exactly toasty warm, but it was way better than trying to get changed in the parking lot like all the dry suit people. Overall, this tour was wonderful. Know what you're getting into by booking a wetsuit tour in icy water, but as long as you're mentally prepared for the challenge, you'll be in good hands with the finest, warmest freediving gear available and a helping hand every step of the way. This was truly a 5-star experience. 3 tips: The coldest part for me was putting my head under the water. I'd recommend bringing your own neoprene hat for an extra layer (needs to be a beanie or strapped skull cap, not a fully bibbed hood because that won't fit under the hood that's attached to the wetsuit). You'll want to change fast, so wear loose, comfortable clothes like sweatpants. Leggings are not ideal, ladies. Finally, it's nice to have a small towel to put under your feet while you're standing in the back of a van waiting for a wetsuit. A small hand towel would work fine. A towel to stand on is a little slice of heaven when you have no shoes on in 35 degree weather and you're standing on a metal van floor. BOOK THIS TOUR! Even if it's too cold for you to tolerate, you still won't regret it :)Off the scale fantastic! Freediving with professional yet funny guide. Had an amazing experience. Water was an expected 2' centigrade but totally insignificant. The 7mm wetsuit worked a dream - pure magic! I went with two Icelandic guys who were equally impressed. Couldn't recommend it more!
Off the scale fantastic! Freediving with professional yet funny guide. Had an amazing experience. Water was an expected 2' centigrade but totally insignificant. The 7mm wetsuit worked a dream - pure magic! I went with two Icelandic guys who were equally impressed. Couldn't recommend it more!Informative, friendly and funny guide. We had plenty of time to learn about the place, get ready and, of course, to swim. Lovely experience and highly recommended! Will definitely repeat!
Informative, friendly and funny guide. We had plenty of time to learn about the place, get ready and, of course, to swim. Lovely experience and highly recommended! Will definitely repeat!Great experience, great instructor. Would really really recommend; just shave your moustache before!
Great experience, great instructor. Would really really recommend; just shave your moustache before!Highly recommended if you cannot practice dry suit diving My guide was super nice and helpful. Photos are amazing
Highly recommended if you cannot practice dry suit diving My guide was super nice and helpful. Photos are amazing