STELLA ORION - Lofoten Islands
The Stella Orion, a trawler sunk back in 1955, lies in a sheltered bay in Lofoten, making for a surprisingly accessible wreck dive. She’s shallow, sitting at just 10 metres, so you get plenty of bottom time to really take in the details. You can swim around her superstructure, noticing how the cold water has preserved much of the original form, but also how the local anemones and various small crabs have made her their home. It's a great spot for newer wreck divers looking to get a feel for overhead environments in a safe, shallow setting.
- Location
- Lofoten Islands, Norway, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 67.766500, 14.414833
- Type
- wreck
- Maximum Depth
- 10m
Marine Protected Area: Engelvær
Nearby Dive Sites in Lofoten Islands
- Akkarvika
- Alfred von Tirpitz (wreck)
- ALTONA - 25m (wreck)
- ANTON SCHMIDT - 0m (wreck)
- ANTON SCHMIDT (POSSIBLY) - 22m (wreck)
- ATLAS - 60m (wreck)
- BENTE - 10m (wreck)
- Black Watch - 15-30m (wreck)
- BOYKY - 0m (wreck)
- CASTEL - 20m (wreck)
- Donnier 26 - 26m
- Dornier WW2 wreck Onoy (wreck)
- DS Flint (wreck)
- D/S Martha Heinrich Fisser - 24m (wreck)
- D/S Romanby - 24m (wreck)
Nearest Dive Centres to STELLA ORION
Marine Life in Lofoten Islands
Home to 17 recorded species including 12 reef fish, 3 sharks & rays, 1 crabs & lobsters, 1 clams & mussels.
Notable Species
- sprat (Sprattus sprattus) - Reef Fish
- Protestant (Clupea harengus) - Reef Fish
- Spawn (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - Reef Fish
- whiting (Merlangius merlangus) - Reef Fish
- Split (Scomber scombrus) - Reef Fish
- Cape Shark (Squalus acanthias) - Sharks & Rays
- Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) - Reef Fish
- pearl-side (Maurolicus muelleri) - Reef Fish
- lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) - Reef Fish
- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) - Reef Fish
- blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) - Reef Fish
- Pollock (Trachurus trachurus) - Reef Fish
- Velvet belly lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) - Sharks & Rays
- Flathead Catshark (Apristurus laurussonii) - Sharks & Rays
- speckled sea-louse (Eurydice pulchra) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) - Clams & Mussels
- lesser argentine (Argentina sphyraena) - Reef Fish