Diving in Bornholm

Explore 568 dive sites in Bornholm, Denmark. Ocean conditions, marine species, and dive centres.

Best Time to Dive in Bornholm

The warmest water temperatures in Bornholm occur in January, averaging 3.3°C. The coolest conditions are in December at 3.3°C.

Monthly Water Temperatures

  • January: 3.3°C (air: 3.1°C)
  • February: 3.3°C (air: 3.2°C)
  • March: 3.3°C (air: 3.9°C)
  • April: 3.3°C (air: 6.0°C)
  • May: 3.3°C (air: 10.9°C)
  • June: 3.3°C (air: 16.1°C)
  • July: 3.3°C (air: 17.4°C)
  • August: 3.3°C (air: 18.0°C)
  • September: 3.3°C (air: 15.7°C)
  • October: 3.3°C (air: 11.5°C)
  • November: 3.3°C (air: 7.1°C)
  • December: 3.3°C (air: 3.5°C)

Marine Life in Bornholm

Home to 67 recorded species including 43 reef fish, 7 clams & mussels, 5 sea snails & nudibranchs, 4 crabs & lobsters, 2 starfish, 2 other.

Dive Site Difficulty in Bornholm

Bornholm has 1 beginner, 1 advanced dive sites - suitable for divers of all levels.

Recommended Packing List for Bornholm

Based on average water temperature of 3.3°C.

  • Drysuit - water at 3°C demands a drysuit with thermal undergarments
  • Hood & Gloves (7mm+) - critical to prevent heat loss
  • Mask - essential for every dive
  • Fins
  • BCD - buoyancy compensator
  • Regulator - your most safety-critical piece of gear
  • Dive Computer - tracks depth, time, and NDL
  • Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) - essential for boat pickups
  • Dive Torch - useful for crevices and colour at depth
  • Underwater Camera - capture your diving memories

Marine Protected Areas in Bornholm

  • South Funen Archipelago - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Sejrø Bugt, Nekselø Bugt and Saltbæk Vig - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Waters off Skælskør Nor and Glænø - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Karrebæk, Dybso and Avno Fjords - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category IV)
  • Waters southeast of Fejø and Femø islands - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Præsto Fjord, Jungshoved Nor, Ulvshale and Nyord - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Nakskov Fjord and Inner Fjord - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Waters between Lolland and Falster including Rødsand, Guldborg sound, and Bøtø Nor - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category IV)
  • Ertholmene - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Ia)
  • Hov Vig - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category IV)
  • Åsen, Gudhjem - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category III)
  • Møllers Badekar - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category IV)
  • Listed - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category IV)
  • Jordbassiner ved Stege - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category IV)
  • Avnø - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category V)
  • Lynæs - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category IV)
  • Hesselø med omliggende stenrev - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Roskilde Fjord - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Jægerspris Skydeterræn - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Kyndby Kyst - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ølsemagle Strand og Staunings Ø - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Egernæs med holme og Fuglsø - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Sejerø Bugt og Saltbæk Vig - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Udby Vig - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Røsnæs, Røsnæs Rev og Kalundborg Fjord - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Havet og kysten mellem Hundested og Rørvig - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Skælskør Fjord og havet og kysten mellem Agersø og Glænø - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Havet og kysten mellem Præstø Fjord og Grønsund - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Havet og kysten mellem Karrebæk Fjord og Knudshoved Odde - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Smålandsfarvandet nord for Lolland, Guldborg Sund, Bøtø Nor, Hyllekrog-Rødsand - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Nakskov Fjord - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Randkløve Skår - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Havet mellem Romsø og Hindsholm samt Romsø - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Vresen - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Sydfynske Øhav - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Thurø Rev - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Gilleleje Flak og Tragten - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Stenrev sydøst for Langeland - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Kirkegrund - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ryggen - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Femern Bælt - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Adler Grund og Rønne Banke - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Stevns Rev - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Klinteskov kalkgrund - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Bøchers Grund - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Davids Banke - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Hvideodde Rev - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Bakkebrædt og Bakkegrund - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ebbeløkke Rev - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Roskilde Fjord, Kattinge Vig og Kattinge Sø - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Sejerø Bugt og Nekselø - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Skælskør Nor, Skælskør Fjord og Gammelsø - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Farvandet mellem Skælskør Fjord og Glænø - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Hov Vig - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Sprogø og Halsskov Rev - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Havet mellem Korshage og Hundested - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Karrebæk, Dybsø og Avnø Fjorde - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Kyststrækningen v. Hyllekrog-Rødsand - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ulvsund, Grønsund og Farø Fjord - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Smålandshavet nord for Lolland - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Guldborgsund - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Nakskov Fjord og Inderfjord - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Præstø Fjord, Ulvshale, Nyord og Jungshoved Nor - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Sydfynske Øhav - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Marstal Bugt og den sydlige del af Langeland - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Vresen og havet mellem Fyn og Langeland - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Romsø og sydkysten af Hindsholm - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • The sea between Romsø and Hindsholm and Romsø - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Reefs south of Langeland - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • South Funen sea with islands - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Roskilde Fjord og Jaegerspris Nordskov - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Vestamager and the sea west of - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ilsemagle Strand og Staunigs I - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • The sea and the coast between Rørvig and Hundested - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • The bay of Sejerø and Saltbæk Vig - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Udby Vig - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Hov Vig - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • The sea and coast between Præstø Fjord and Grønsund - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Klinteskov Limeground - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Nakskov Fjord - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ryggen - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Broen - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Stevns Reefs - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Böchers Ground - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Hvideodde Rev - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Bakkebrædt and Bakkeground - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Jægerspris Skydeterræn - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Thurø Reef - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Adler Grund og Rønne Banke - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Røsnæs, Røsnæs Rev og Kalundborg Fjord - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Femern Bult - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Gilleleje Flak og Tragten - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Centrale Storebælt og Vresen - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ebbeløkke Rev - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Kyndby Kyst - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Bornholm: Davids Banke - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Smålandsfarvandet: Slælskør Fjord and the sea and coast between Agersø and Glænø - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Waters around Saltholm - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Bornholm: Ertholmene - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Smålandsfarvandet: Kirkegrund - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • The sea and coast between Karrebæk Fjord and Knudshoved Odde - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Smålandsfarvandet: North of Lolland, Guldborg Sund, Bøtø Nor and Hyllekrog-Rødsand - Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ebbeløkkerev - Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Gilleleje Flak og Tragten - Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Havet og kysten mellem Hundested og Rørvig - Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Hesselø med omliggende stenrev - Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Stevns Klint - World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (IUCN Category Not Applicable)
  • Saltholm og omliggende hav - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ertholmene - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Vestamager og havet syd for - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Øleåens og Læsåens udmunding - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category IV)
  • Saltholm vildtreservat og fred - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category V)
  • Amager vildtreservat og fredni - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category V)
  • L - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category IV)
  • Saltholm og omliggende hav - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Vestamager og havet syd for - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Ertholmene - Special Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Orøs marine forland - Protected by conservation order, excl. Church surroundings (IUCN Category IV)
  • W - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category IV)
  • K - Reg - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category IV)
  • M - Reg - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category IV)
  • I - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category IV)
  • K - Strict - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category Ib)
  • M - Strict - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category Ib)
  • J - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category Ib)
  • Q - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category Ib)
  • S - Marine Strategy Area (IUCN Category Ib)
  • Langeland Kommune public - §3 protected habitats (all lakes, bogs, streams, heaths and meadows etc.) (IUCN Category IV)
  • Smålandsfarvandet - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
  • Rønne Banke - Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IUCN Category Not Reported)

Getting to Bornholm - Nearest Airports

  • Malmö Sturup Airport (MMX), Malmö - 49 km away, approx 68 min travel time
  • Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH), Copenhagen - 82 km away, approx 104 min travel time
  • Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport (SZZ), Szczecin(Glewice) - 190 km away, approx 222 min travel time

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