Barentsburg Coast
Dive site · Norway
Experienced divers only
Is it worth the trip?
60Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sun 8: Sea 0.4 m, Wind 4 kn, rain run-off: murky water likely
Tue 3 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.0 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- -3°C
Wed 4 · 61 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.9 m
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- -1°C
Thu 5 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.1 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- -7°C
Fri 6 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.7 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- -6°C
Sat 7 · 58 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.9 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 25kn
- Air
- -2°C
Sun 8 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- -3°C
Mon 9 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 22kn
- Air
- -1°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 359, fair
- Wed 461, good
- Thu 559, fair
- Fri 659, fair
- Sat 758, fair
- Sun 863, good
- Mon 959, fair
- Tue 1059, fair
- Wed 1159, fair
- Thu 1259, fair
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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 59, fair | 1.0 m | 7 kn | 14kn | -3°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 61, good | 0.9 m | 2 kn | 5kn | -1°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 59, fair | 1.1 m | 8 kn | 15kn | -7°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 59, fair | 0.7 m | 8 kn | 15kn | -6°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 58, fair | 0.9 m | 15 kn | 25kn | -2°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 63, good | 0.4 m | 4 kn | 9kn | -3°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 59, fair | 0.5 m | 12 kn | 22kn | -1°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 59, fair | 1.1 m | 7 kn | 13kn | -4°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 59, fair | 1.0 m | 9 kn | 24kn | -4°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 59, fair | 1.1 m | 9 kn | 19kn | -4°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
- 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
- Thu 5 NovLow 04:09 −0.6 mHigh 10:24 +0.4 mLow 16:27 −0.5 mHigh 22:28 +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
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More diving near here
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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
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about 1h 05m by car · 9 places to stay
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 2 November 2026.
Getting there
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Longyearbyen · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Longyearbyen · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 50 km.
Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits
What you might see
Too few records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Beluga whale Delphinapterus leucasWhale or dolphin
Seen in 3 records.
Harbor seal Phoca vitulinaSeal or sea lion
Seen in 8 records.
Walrus Odobenus rosmarusSeal or sea lion
Seen in 7 records.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: Norwegian Species Observation Service; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Credits
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