2 days
Dry Suit Course & Dive Silfra: 2-day combo
Get dry suit certified and dive Silfra
Learn to dive in a dry suit and prepare for Silfra
You will be diving in Silfra in 2 days
Iceland is a beautiful and unique place to dive, presenting you with new experiences when taking the plunge.
Cold water diving requires a different set of skills than warm water. For instance, you must be able to control your buoyancy, clear air from your feet, and remove and replace your dry suit inflator hose. Cold water diving is new to you? No problem! With this 2-day package you gain the required experience and get prepared to dive Silfra and our Diving Tours. We teach you everything you need to know to immerse into your first fun diving adventure in Iceland’s cold water conditions right afterwards.
If you are interested in more dives then we suggest you check out our Dry suit academy.
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.
DIVE.IS, Iceland's PADI 5 Star Dive Center, offers the PADI Dry Suit Course on a daily basis and provides students a high quality, safe, fun and thorough introduction to dry suit diving, taught by our experienced Dry Suit Instructors.
Please be aware that although this course is taught in a fun and relaxing manner, it is a very physically demanding course.
Amazing experience for a lifetime!
Well... my first TripAdvisor review ever!
No need to say, that the price tag on that tour, especially combined with the drysuit course, was exceptionally pricey (even more than my flight + rental car combined). But that's all I have on the downside. It was absolutely worth it! There's surely no other place like this in the world, so it's an experience for a lifetime.
The dive itself took only 30 minutes, dressing up and getting out of that suit again plus waiting and the dive was around 2 hours.
We were a group of three scuba divers and we were taken on the dive by Elsa, a very experienced trainer. I felt safe the whole dive, even though I'm surely not the most experienced diver (only 8 dives so far). She was also pretty funny, of course not under water, she switched to absolutely professional mode and she was suddenly completely mute (I wonder why)
Oh and the staff was extremely helpful, we got the full service, including dressing up.
I totally recommend that for everyone in good physical condition. The walk back from the exit isn't long, but the gear is really weighty!!!
So I'm telling everyone at home and probably if someone wants to join in, I may return regardless of the price tag
Tour Details
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Available all year round
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Don't see a course time that works for you? Contact us at [email protected] and we will find the best time
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10-12 hours on the course, starting at 07:00, 3-5 hours on the tour
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Maximum 3 divers per dive instructor
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Minimum 2 divers
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Check out our Dry Suit Academy for 2-3 day packages
Dry suit diver course
First, choose a date for your Dry suit diver course
Diving Silfra tour
Then choose a date for your dive in Silfra
Then choose a date for your dive in Silfra with pick up
Please bring:
- Your SCUBA dive certification card (PADI Open Water or equivalent)
- Proof that you finished the Knowledge Reviews for the Dry Suit Course
- Long underwear
- Thick socks
- Suitable clothes for the weather of the day
Included:
- Dive Instructor
- Transport to and from the Reykjavík Area (only for the course)
- One Knowledge Development session with your instructor
- 1 Confined Open Water session
- 2 Open Water Dives (at a local dive site)
- PADI Certification fee
- 1 guided dive in Silfra
- All dive equipment necessary to complete the course & tour
- Hot chocolate and cookies in the dive break
- Entrance fee into Silfra
- PADI Dry Suit Diver E-book (15.000 ISK)
Safety requirements
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be a certified diver at the level of PADI Open Water or equivalent
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have read, signed, and followed directions on our 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 diving 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
Timeline of your tour
Day 1 – PADI Dry Suit Diver Course
• Theory and Knowledge Review
• Pick-up and drop-off from central Reykjavik
• Confined water session at a local pool
• Two Open Water training dives at a local dive site
During the confined water session your instructor will introduce you to diving in a drysuit. The skills you learn will include donning and maintenance of the dry suit, buoyancy control and self rescue skills. You will then move on to your open water dive site where you will practice these skills again at a deeper depth and in a different environment.
The course has a maximum of three students per instructor, which gives each student the greatest individual attention. With training in a variety of dive sites, this dry suit course provides a sturdy basis for all of the cold-water dives that you will undertake in the future.
Day 2 – Joining our Diving Silfra Day Tour
After you completed Day 1 successfully and got your certificate, it’s time for you to join our Diving Silfra Day Tour and to enjoy your fun dive!
The pick-up service for the Diving Tour can be booked separately.
Please note that neither participants nor instructors are allowed to bring any type of camera into the water on the course. This is prohibited by PADI standards. However, our guides will bring a high quality camera with them on the dive during the Diving Day Tour.
For more information about dry suit diving, please visit our website http://www.drysuitdiving.org
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Frequently asked questions about our Dry Suit Course & Diving Silfra 2-Day Package
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Can I bring my own camera on the Drysuit course?
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Unfortunately, PADI dive training regulations prohibit both the dive instructor and the students from carrying a camera of any sort during training dives. As we are a PADI 5-Star Dive Center, we respect these regulations.
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Can I take the PADI Dry Suit Diver Course and dive Silfra?
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To dive Silfra you are required to have either a drysuit diver certification or drysuit dive experience. We have therefore created a 2-day Drysuit and Silfra Combo Tour. During this tour, you will complete your PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty Course on the first day and, upon completion, participate in the Diving Silfra Day Tour on the second day.
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Where is your shop?
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Our dive shop is located at the western end of downtown Reykjavik, a 20-30 minute walk from most of the city centre. We are happy to welcome you here between 9:00 and 16:00 every day of the week.
The addressis Hólmaslóð 2, 101 Reykjavík.
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