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Barentsburg, Spitsbergen, Harbour, 07-2009 - panoramio
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Barentsburg Coast

Dive site · Norway

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

61Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 59 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
-2°C

Wed 4 · 60 out of 100

Sea
1.1 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
-2°C

Thu 5 · 60 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
-8°C

Fri 6 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
-14°C

Sat 7 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
-11°C

Sun 8 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
-9°C

Mon 9 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
-9°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 261, good
  2. Tue 359, fair
  3. Wed 460, good
  4. Thu 560, good
  5. Fri 661, good
  6. Sat 761, good
  7. Sun 862, good
  8. Mon 962, good
  9. Tue 1060, good

The site in four facts

  • Down to 15 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Faces NWswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Barentsburg Coast
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov61, good0.9 m6 kn10kn-9°C
Tue 3Nov59, fair1.0 m7 kn14kn-2°C
Wed 4Nov60, good1.1 m4 kn7kn-2°C
Thu 5Nov60, good1.0 m3 kn10kn-8°C
Fri 6Nov61, good0.6 m6 kn10kn-14°C
Sat 7Nov61, good0.6 m6 kn9kn-11°C
Sun 8Nov62, good0.5 m4 kn9kn-9°C
Mon 9Nov62, good0.3 m7 kn13kn-9°C
Tue 10Nov60, good0.7 m11 kn21kn-6°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:26 −0.5 mHigh 06:41 +0.3 mLow 12:36 −0.3 mHigh 18:59 +0.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:48 −0.5 mHigh 08:05 +0.3 mLow 14:04 −0.3 mHigh 20:16 +0.5 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 03:06 −0.6 mHigh 09:22 +0.4 mLow 15:23 −0.4 mHigh 21:27 +0.5 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Barentsburg Coast

A reef dive. It goes down to 15 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The town to stay in is Longyearbyen.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 15 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: Longyearbyen

Closest

Longyearbyen

about 1h 05m by car · 9 places to stay

See 9 places to stay in Longyearbyen · Booking.com

About Longyearbyen its beds, food and every spot near it

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.