The 5 Best Scuba Diving Tours in Iceland

1.Diving Between Tectonic Plates and Pick Up from Reykjavik

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 590 reviews · 5 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $325Our pick

Travel from Reykjavik to Thingvellir National Park for a small-group scuba tour through Silfra's Big Crack, Hall, Cathedral, and Lagoon. A PADI instructor handles the briefing and gear, while your dry suit, heated changing van, park fee, hotel transfer, hot chocolate, and cookies are included. Dry suit certification is required.

“Glad that I had gotten my dry suit certification before travelling. The dive is a great experience! My guide was very helpful in getting everything set up, and outlining the dive.”

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2.Dive the Divide: Silfra Fissure Scuba Tour | Meet at Thingvellir

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 172 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $296

Meet your PADI Divemaster at Thingvellir National Park for a small-group Silfra scuba tour limited to three people. You’ll use a dry suit, carry gear 400 meters, and swim through the Deep Crack, Hall, Cathedral, and Lagoon. Warm socks, fleece layers, dry-suit experience, and a change of clothes are essential.

“We had an amazing experience scuba diving in the Silfra Fissure with Arctic Adventures Iceland, and a huge part of that was thanks to our guide, Franceska—she was absolutely amazing.”

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3.Dive the Divide: Silfra Fissure Scuba Tour | Reykjavik Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 94 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $344

You’ll travel from Reykjavik to Thingvellir National Park for a guided scuba descent through Silfra’s Deep Crack, Hall, Cathedral, and Lagoon. The water is about 2 to 3°C, but the supplied dry suit helps keep you warm. This small-group outing requires dry suit certification or at least 10 logged dry suit descents.

“Over all disappointed with our experience. Whilst the dive was lovely, our guide wasn’t interested in us in the slightest. Guide swam ahead and paid no attention to the fact I was having an issue with my weights. Also didn’t stop at the rift for us to take the iconic pictures of touching both sides. Whilst the dive itself is lovely, in beautiful clear water, I didn’t get what I wanted out of it due to the guides disinterest so was disappointing overall.”

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4.Thingvellir: Silfra Fissure Diving with Optional Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 73 reviews · 4 - 6 hours · from $281Best value

Swim and scuba through Silfra Fissure in Thingvellir National Park, between the North American and Eurasian plates. This small-group outing includes a drysuit, cold-water gear, park admission, and a PADI-certified guide. Optional Reykjavík pickup is available, while certification and recent drysuit experience are required.

“Diving Silfra is fenomenal. It is one for the bucketlist. I did it in the winter with my dry suit freezing as I got out of the cristal clear water. Not as cold as I expected. Not as long a dive but definitely worth every penny. The walk back can be a struggle. Btw, Guillaume, my guide, was great.”

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5.Diving Between Tectonic Plates

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 64 reviews · 3 - 5 hours · from $289

Enter Silfra in Thingvellir National Park for a guided scuba experience in 2°C water with visibility over 100 meters. You’ll pass Big Crack, Silfra Hall, Cathedral, and Lagoon in a dry suit, then warm up with hot chocolate. Guides such as Filip and Giancarlo have earned strong praise for their care and instruction.

“Giancarlo was a fantastic guide and instructor and I really enjoyed that once in a lifetime experience”

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