Silfra night freedive tour
by Freedive Iceland · Silfra snorkelling & diving · Golden Circle
- Fine on your own
- Eco-certified
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Duration
3 hours
Difficulty
Moderate
Season
All year
Starts in
Reykjavík
Languages
EN
Departs
18:30, 21:00
Minimum age
16
About this experience
We meet at Silfra´s parking spot (if no pickup) Go over safety and all needed, put on our freedive wetsuit and walk to Silfra (2 min)
At night Silfra has a good wildlife, lots of fish witch you can see close up because you hold your breath. They don´t like bubble sound :)
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Meet at Silfra in evening at Silfra car park. Go over safety and area, put on our gear and freedive with lights through our lovely Silfra together where you have the best visibility possible and have the best freedive equipment possible also. All our guides are professionals and know very much about our land and culture so you can ask away.
Go through Silfra at your pace and enjoy. If you are lucky you can see northern lights at same time, then you just turn on your back and enjoy :)
After you have done your freedive through Silfra we exit and get a lovely cup of cocoa and take off our gear. After that you should spend some time in the park and let our history soak in. As a nice thing we have "The wall" in Game of thrones in front of us wich is a nice thing to walk through and reinact some scenes
Description from the operator, Freedive Iceland. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.
Where you go
- Freedive night tour agenda
Included
All equipment for freedive included, Also lights and safety lights, hot cocoa
Good to know
Towel and swimsuit, also if you have a camera, that´s welcome ofcause
Thingvellir national park and Silfra in all it´s glory
Cancellation for this tour
Cancelling costs 50% of the price within 2 days of departure. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.
If the weather cancels this tour
Iceland's weather is real. What usually stops this one is rarely: Silfra is spring-fed and sheltered, but access can close in a storm. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.
- 1Freedive Iceland decides, and tells us. Operators cancel when it is unsafe or pointless, and we back that call every time — we do not ask them to run anyway.
- 2We contact you by email, and by phone if your tour is the same or next day. You choose: another date if there is one you can make, or a full refund. There is no fee and nothing to argue.
- 3The refund goes back to the card you paid with, through Stripe, usually visible within a few working days. If this tour was one of several in your booking, the others are untouched.
What you do not get is the day back. If this is the only free day in your plan, put a spare day next to it — the planner leaves days free with the rest-day option. And if you want out because the forecast looks bad, that is your own cancellation: free until the cutoff shown above, the operator's policy after that.
Questions on the day: [email protected] · +354 497 1373. How cancellations work in Iceland →
Why this one and not the cheaper one?
The nearest cheaper Silfra Snorkel tour from Freedive Iceland is €100 — €100 less. Here is every difference we can actually measure.
| Freedive Iceland · €200 | Freedive Iceland · €100 | |
|---|---|---|
| How hard it is | Moderate | Very easy |
On everything we can measure, the Freedive Iceland tour is the better buy. The €100 is not buying anything we can point to, so unless you want this operator in particular, take the cheaper one.
Sold out on your date?
Seats come back — a cancellation, or the operator adding a vehicle. Tell us the date and we will check once a day and email you if one opens. One email, then we delete the address; nothing else is ever sent to it.
Who this is not for
- Not for families with children under 16 — the operator will not take them, even with a parent.
Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.
Why we list it
Freedive Iceland is one of 154 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →
What travellers say about Freedive Iceland
Read all 28 reviews on Google →Operator rating 5.0/5 from Google — these are reviews of the company, not this specific tour. Shown as Google returns them, unedited.
★★★★★ · 2 months ago
I really recommend this experience. Birgir is really an excellent guide and also funny. The equipment is good quality and I didn't feel cold at all.
★★★★★ · 6 months ago
My friend and I did a dive recently with freedive and it was the absolute best! Bjarni was an amazing guide, made us feel reassured about the cold and excited for the swim. We highly recommend going with them because of the use of wetsuits. You actually stay quite warm, and possibly even warmer than a dry suit because of how the water circulates around your body. Our hands and toes got a little cold but that's be expected. Being able to dive down and swim around made it super worth it. Really cool experience!
★★★★★ · a year ago
We loved our snorkeling tour with Freedive. We did a private tour (2 of us plus the guide) and had the perfect amount of education and viewing. The water is extremely cold but our wetsuits kept us warmer than we expected. Your face will go numb though! The water is totally clear and you can see through to the bottom. It’s a surreal experience being between the tectonic plates. Definitely don’t miss Little Silfra in the lagoon area too.
★★★★★ · 3 years ago
Amazing experience, diving in the freezing crystal waters of Silfra. We are a family of four, with tweenager boys and everybody enjoyed it so much! The wetsuit was comfortable and kepts us surprisingly warm, the only thing we had to deal with was the freezing water on our face which was exposed, but you get used to it in a while. Both instructors were friendly, explanative and supportive throughout the whole tour. We were dressed/undressed in a warm van, and in the end we were offeres hot cocoa and chocolate. If you are in Silfra it's an experience you can't miss.
Reviews from Google · updated 13 Sept 2026
Read before you book
- Silfra is a snorkel for almost everyone and a dive for a fewSnorkelling vs diving in the Silfra fissure at Þingvellir — certification, the 2°C water, the drysuit, and what you actually see in each.
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Silfra snorkelling & diving — questions people ask
How cold is the water at Silfra?
Two to four degrees Celsius, all year. It is glacial meltwater filtered through lava for decades, which is why visibility runs to a hundred metres. You wear a dry suit over a thermal undersuit, so your body stays dry and warm. Your face, lips and hands are the parts that feel it, and after thirty to forty minutes in the water most people are ready to get out. Hot chocolate afterwards is standard.
Do I need to be a strong swimmer to snorkel Silfra?
No, but you must be comfortable in water. The dry suit floats you, so you drift along the fissure with a gentle current doing most of the work. You do need to be able to swim, and operators set minimum age, height and weight limits and ask about medical conditions on a form. Check the tour page for the current limits before booking. Glasses cannot be worn under the mask; contact lenses are fine.
Is Silfra snorkelling worth it in winter?
Yes. The water is the same temperature in January as in July, and the visibility is the same. What changes is the air: getting into and out of the suit at minus five with wind is unpleasant, and daylight limits the departure times. Fewer people snorkel in winter, so the fissure is quieter. If you are here between November and February and want it, book the earliest slot for the best light.
Can I dive Silfra without a dry suit certification?
Not on a standard dive tour. Operators require a dry suit certification or a logged number of dry-suit dives within the last two years, plus an open-water certificate. If you have neither, the two-day PADI dry suit course with a Silfra dive (/experience/19038/) gets you certified and in the fissure. Snorkelling (/experience/208/) has no certification requirement and shows you the same rock walls from the surface. Most people are happy with snorkelling.
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