LIVEABOARD DIVING IN Gulen

RECOMMENDED AIRPORT
Gulen is located in the southwestern part of Sognefjord, Norway. The closest international airport is in Bergen that is located in 100 km.
Gulen is bound by the Fensfjord on the south with the North Sea to the west. As well as most Norwegian towns, Gulen has some incredible nature sites, including mountains, fjords and lakes. Its coastline offers good opportunities for divers and features wreck diving, walls, rocks, kelp forest, soft coral reefs, various marine life and excellent macro diving. Coming here divers can expect to see plenty of fish, crustaceans, nudibranchs, echinoderms, anemones, cup coral, octopus, squid, bryozoans, clams and mussels, sea snails, jellyfish, hydroids and sea squirts. Among popular wrecks near Gulen, the 122m/400ft-long Frankenwald is the most interesting one. This German ship sank after hitting a reef in 1940 and today the wreck is well-preserved and covered with anemones. Another well-known wreck dive features twin wrecks of Ferndale and Parat. Gulen’s house reef is famous for its diverse marine life and a nudibranch safari that is held each March. The Troll Wall is a drop-off that starts well above the surface and goes down to 45m/147ft. The site is full of large pink and little white anemones. The best way to get to Gulen is to fly to Bergen and arrange some sort of transportation from there.