Strytan Hydrothermal Chimney - Strytan & North Iceland
Bishop's Island on Ireland's West Coast offers a raw Atlantic diving experience. We've often found ourselves exploring rugged rock formations and swim-throughs here, feeling the surge of the open ocean. Expect to see the usual suspects for this region: wrasse, pollack, and sometimes a curious grey seal. It's a spot best suited for divers comfortable with cooler water and potentially dynamic conditions.
- Location
- Strytan & North Iceland, Iceland, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 65.933000, -18.317000
Marine Protected Area: Arnarnesstrýtur
Nearby Dive Sites in Strytan & North Iceland
- DANIEL QUARE - 5m (wreck)
- HANS SIF - 5m (wreck)
- HOLMUR - 2m (wreck)
- Kolbeinsey - 5-20m (reef)
- MAVUR - 5m (wreck)
- SUSANNE REITH - 2m (wreck)
- TRY - 5m (wreck)
Marine Life in Strytan & North Iceland
Home to 12 recorded species including 10 whales & dolphins, 1 sharks & rays, 1 hard corals.
Notable Species
- Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - Whales & Dolphins
- blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - Whales & Dolphins
- harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - Whales & Dolphins
- Orca (Orcinus orca) - Whales & Dolphins
- Coalfish Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) - Whales & Dolphins
- Blackfish (Globicephala melas) - Whales & Dolphins
- Razorback (Balaenoptera physalus) - Whales & Dolphins
- white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) - Whales & Dolphins
- Starry Ray (Amblyraja radiata) - Sharks & Rays
- Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) - Whales & Dolphins
- Scarlet Sea Anemone (Stomphia coccinea) - Hard Corals