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|  Narvik - A wreck diver`s heaven.
If you are a keen wreck diver this is your perfect destination: Most of the famous World War II wrecks are easily accessible, and they are beautifully intact despite having spent 65 years on the seabed. |  Try imagine your perfect wreck dive: from the surface you can just about make out the shadow of a wreck. Drawn by that mysterious shadow you find a ship sitting upright in blue water, complete with masts, guns, derricks, winches, numerous artifacts telling a vivid story of life onboard and of how she came to grief. This is wreck diving in Narvik. Thanks to the fairly sheltered location and a strict no touch policy the famous wrecks of Narvik are perfectly preserved. Having spent 65 years on the seabed they are also very fragile held together rather precariously by the rich life that grows on them.
If you come here between autumn and spring visibility will be 50 metres and more. Look around across the seabed stretching out before your eyes: You can see not just one wreck but two – the German destroyers Anton Schmitt and Wilhelm Heidkamp - in the distance there are other destroyers as well as several armed cargo ships, the steamships Elise Schulte, Romanby – all forming a silent image, softened by the sea, of the ferocious battle raging here 65 years ago.
A fast RIB takes you to the wrecks in comfort and in style. Whilst the wrecks in the harbour area will keep you busy for at least for a couple of days there are many more wrecks a little further afield – usually missed by the occasional liveaboard that makes it up to Narvik for a day or two.
 You need not be afraid of the cold: most of your dive sites are only a short boat ride away and every night you come back to a warm and dry place: your own cosy cottage at Narvik camp site overlooking the fjord and the mountains behind. There is enough space and efficient heating to make sure you start off warm and dry for the next day’s adventures.
Click here to find out more about the naval events around Narvik during WWII.
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