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Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:12 am
by seattlepaul1975
Just did 2 dives today at Silfra between the North American and European Continents.

Water as 38 degrees...damn cold, but super clear..and when I say super clear, I mean super F'ing clear!
(see 3 pics attached).

Was just myself and a dive lead from a local dive shop.

Was stunning. No life at all just amazing views. Dive ranged from almost a snorkel swim to 55ft in some spots.

Great time was had.


If you are going to dive here, let me know, the guy I had was awesome and have his info.

Attached are 3 pics from my gopro from doing a quick screen capture of the video. Will post the video on Vimeo when back in the states.

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:01 pm
by Tom Nic
Hmmmm.... pic aren't coming through.

I've heard so much about this dive....

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:32 pm
by seattlepaul1975
I will post more pics when I am stateside again. I have a public album up on facebook if you can find me on there :)

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:36 pm
by seattlepaul1975
Here is one pic....lets see if this works

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:09 pm
by spatman
They work for me. Terrific shots, I really hope to get there someday.

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:14 pm
by Norris
Images are all here for me

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:23 pm
by Magoi
Images are there for me too. Looks like you (of the DM) are floating in air. Thanks for the pics. Am headed there in 1.5 months with wife and daughter. Different operator. Am also doing a dive with a guy who discovered a hydrothermal vent in a fjord on the north side of the island. Then a driving tour of the whole island. Where else are you going?

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:26 pm
by BillZ
They work in IE but the first set in the post don't work in Firefox. The single pict (4th post in thread) does show up in Firefox.

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:53 pm
by Tom Nic
BillZ wrote:They work in IE but the first set in the post don't work in Firefox. The single pict (4th post in thread) does show up in Firefox.
I'm using Chrome - I'll try another browser.

That did it.

Looks like flying!

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:28 pm
by YellowEye
Awesome diving! Can't wait to see the vid!

Looks like they're uploaded in TIFF. Try JPEG when you get back.

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:21 am
by seattlepaul1975
The tiff was just screen grabs on the Mac. I will get the video done when I am home. Plan on doing the video work on my 7hour flight back. @magoi who are you diving with when here?

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:09 pm
by Tangfish
Definitely looks like you're floating in air.

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:24 pm
by Magoi
seattlepaul1975 wrote:The tiff was just screen grabs on the Mac. I will get the video done when I am home. Plan on doing the video work on my 7hour flight back. @magoi who are you diving with when here?
We are diving with David Ramsay of Magma Dive for Silfra and Erlandur Bogason of the Strytan Dive Center for Strytan.

Larry

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:48 am
by seattlepaul1975
@magoi didn't see them. I used diveiceland

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:29 am
by Jan K
Following seattlepaul1975 footsteps, Maya, seven days after her drysuit certification by Whidbey Island Dive Center,
dove into the three hundred plus visibility of the Silfra fissure. The Diveiceland guides were great, only two diving
customers...
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Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:10 am
by seattlepaul1975
Great pics!

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:56 am
by LCF
Wow!

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:18 pm
by Tom Nic
Nice!

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:20 pm
by seattlepaul1975
I just realized you had same dive op I did :) Who was your guide? Val as in Val Kilmer? ;)

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:06 pm
by Magoi
My wife, daughter, and I leave Saturday for Iceland. If the volcano does not blow we will be in Silfra next Monday.

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:21 pm
by Jan K
seattlepaul1975 wrote:I just realized you had same dive op I did :) Who was your guide? Val as in Val Kilmer? ;)
Yes, Maya said it was him. Thanks for the tip.

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:04 am
by seattlepaul1975
Jan K wrote:
seattlepaul1975 wrote:I just realized you had same dive op I did :) Who was your guide? Val as in Val Kilmer? ;)
Yes, Maya said it was him. Thanks for the tip.
Glad it worked out. Val was a great guy

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:58 am
by 60south
Some pics of Silfra from my recent Iceland trip. : )

That's me. The Eurasian tectonic plate is on the left, the North American plate on the right. More or less.
silfra1.jpg
silfra2.jpg

Re: Silfra - Iceland

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:53 am
by seattlepaul1975
60south wrote:Some pics of Silfra from my recent Iceland trip. : )

That's me. The Eurasian tectonic plate is on the left, the North American plate on the right. More or less.
silfra1.jpg
silfra2.jpg
Nice pics! Viz is just like here. [FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND WINKING EYE]