Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Viken

This is a nice spot close to Oslo. This wall was built to redirect ship traffic within range of the torpedo battery at Oscarsborg fortress. Worked very well at Blücher during WWII... The wall is partly open for smaller ships, and you should be aware of the current when the tide is rising/falling. Divers have died here... The spot is easy to find, and you'll have no problem parking. The wall is grown with anemones, and occasionally, you may see lobsters. Lots of Metridium senile and tru the summer it many Pollachius virens at nigh time and some Homarus gammarus. Muren is also known as Jetéen.

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There is often some current here so its a nice drift dive. Start approx. 50-70 meters south or north depending of the current, where there are shallows at 3-7 meters. The bottom rapidly falls into the fjord, with vertical drop-off. The main dive site is along the east side of the islet.

The bottom is quickly sloping out into the fjord, but the most interesting is to follow the wall north at about 18-20 metres, and coming back at 8-12 metres, ending the dive in the smal bay behind the kiosk. There can be some current her so take that into consideration, or you will have a tough swim back. Excellent marine life here for marco photography. Park the car at the lot, and go the right side of the helipad/pier, behind the kiosk to enter the water.

Vertical wall with some overhangs. There is susaly a tidal current here, going either out or in the fjord. this ensures a good marinelife. some place the wall is completely covered soft corals. Kaholmen Øst is also known as Oscarsborg, Karholmen Øst.

The wreck of Edith lies today broken in two pieces, where the bow of the ship is the shallowest part, at a depth of approx. 23 to 33 meters depth. The deeper part goes from 35 to 72 metres. The wreck is beginning to deteriorate, so penetration is only recommended for well trained wreck divers. Sometimes there is buoy on the bow part of the wreck.

This small lake has very clear springwater. Trees fallen into the water make a great background for UW images. Most of all the blue water can make you fel lost in space if you venture out in the middle of the lake. Great for ice diving as well.

As soon as you are out of the small bay it drops of quickly. First a couple of shelves at 6 and 14 metres, and then a drop off. Look for lobster in between the boulders. Flat fishes hide in the sandy spots and great anemones and soft corals on the wall. Macro photography in the shallow with kelp. Only by boat. But there is an old molo which makes for a small protected "harbour" where one can tie up the boat safely.

Training spot close to diveshop. Lysaker is also known as Lysaker Brygge.

Storsand is a promontory buildt with large rocks where kelp and anemones thrive. You might even find ballan wrasse and lobsters in between the rocks. Make sure to bring your knife to cut them loose as they often get tangeled in fishing lines. You will find the wreck of a old truck at 12 meters. Easy access to the beach with a good sandy bottom that makes it perfect to do some pranks under water without swirling up too much silt. Hence popular place for training of new divers.

This is the western end of an old underwater fortification, which comes ashore on the west-side of the fjord (See divesite Muren).

MF Melderskin is also known as Lystbåten.

Excellent wreck for training.

These two small islands in the Oslofjord offer good marine life. Start and end the dvies in both directions (diving westwards is best) thru the small sound between the islands. Start/end your dives in the narrow sound between Søndre Missingen (north) and Ovnskjær (south). Good place to ancher the boat on a small bay at the east end of the sound.

Sloping off from beach to great depths in the middle of the Oslo Fjord. Nice walls and plateaus to the north, with fish, lobsters, starfish and sea urchins. Also interesting plant life. Anemone garden on platou at 12 meter depth, north of beach. Old ferry terminal to the south. Easy access, beach just 10m from free parking. Benches to sit on. Really in the centre of the town Drøbak, all shops within walking distance. Guest harbour 500m away.

Go out from the beach and follow the left. Here is a small tube wiring that can be worth noticing that you can find on the way back. Here's to begin with mud, but you get to the more rocky bottom and up the mountain toward the surface the more left you go around the headland. Follow a little further beyond, and you come to a low wall at 10 to 22 meters deep. follow the wall down to about 22 feet and hold the left through the canyon and follow the wall up on opposite side. You come to a big rock a little further up and where you can select to cross back or continue a little bit more along the "wall" before you cross and go back. After you have crossed the "muern" as the d deep a period again but follow the depth you're on so then you'r coming to a plateau and then hold the "shallow" Side on your right side and you will get easy back to the beach again.

Dive along the shore on the Norwegian side of the fjord is best. A few meters west of the bridge there is an natural threshold which tends to increase the tidal current. boulders from the bridge construction is a good spot for marine life which hide in the crevices. This is also one of the few places you can actually cross a country border while diving..legally. Although the diving on the Swedish side is not so good.