🇸🇪Sweden

Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Nov 8, 2026.

• DiveJourney: Sweden filtered directory - The public destination-catalog search returned six published Sweden guides. A direct browser fetch of the directory did not render; catalog availability and editorial guide retrieval were checked separately.
• DiveJourney: Blekinge Archipelago - Published English Swedish guide confirmed through DiveJourney public destination catalog and guide retrieval.
• DiveJourney: Dalaro and Stockholm Archipelago - Published English Swedish guide confirmed; includes protected wreck access, operators and local non-diver planning.
• DiveJourney: Gotland and Faro - Published English Swedish guide confirmed; limestone routes and island transport.
• DiveJourney: Gullmarn and Lysekil - Published English Swedish guide confirmed; fjord, operator support and previous organized freedive event.
• DiveJourney: Kosterhavet and Stromstad - Published English Swedish guide confirmed; signed snorkeling, protected areas and island transport.
• DiveJourney: Kullaberg and Northwest Skane - Published English Swedish guide confirmed; shore entries, seasonal access, cliffs and walks.
• DiveJourney: Oresund and North Zealand - Separate Danish destination guide resolves publicly through destination guide retrieval. Only generic shared-strait geography is used; Danish dive sites and services are not attributed to Sweden.
• SMHI: 2024 marine monitoring summary - Official national sea temperature ranges and thermocline context; observations are not current daily water forecasts.
• SMHI: Marine and coastal weather - Official location-specific marine forecast and weather alerts.
• SMHI: Algal blooms - Official Baltic bloom seasonality and health concerns.
• Sweden National Parks: Kosterhavet - Official marine park ecology, visitor rules and conservation background.
• Sweden National Parks: Koster snorkeling trails - Official account of the Rorvik and Hasslebukten underwater interpretation trails.
• Vastra Gotaland County: Kosterhavet rules - County-managed animal sanctuary, anchoring and boating restrictions.
• Vastra Gotaland County: coral-restoration dive ban - November 2025 county notice of six specific Koster-Vadero locations with diving banned at depths greater than 40 m.
• Skane County: Kullaberg reserve regulations - Official nature reserve visitor rules and March 1-July 15 mapped exclusions.
• Vrak museum: Wreck Diving in Swedish Waters - Swedish historic wreck protections and responsible diving guidance, updated March 2026.
• Vrak museum: Heritage Conservation Act - Protection rules for pre-1850 and selected other wrecks; exceptions and county dive bans.
• Havets Hus: The Gullmarsfjord - Official marine-education source on sill fjord geography and ecology.
• Visit Blekinge: Kollevik snorkeling trail - Local tourism description of the Karlshamn underwater learning route.
• Destination Gotland: Ferry travel - Ferry corridors from Nynashamn and Oskarshamn to Visby and approximate crossing length.
• Visit Stockholm: Archipelago transport - Waxholmsbolaget services, local ferry access and regional land connections.
• Swedish Migration Agency: Schengen visiting visa - Official entry documents, eligibility and published visa fee.
• Sweden Abroad: Entry/Exit System - Official EES information for non-EU short-stay border crossings.
• SOS Alarm: Important emergency numbers - Verified 112, 1177, foreign-call 1177 and nonurgent police numbers.
• Visit Sweden: Currency and payments - Swedish krona, card acceptance and cashless practices.
• Visit Sweden: Tipping - Local guidance that tips are optional.
• Swedish Transport Administration: Farosund road ferry to Faro - Official free Faro road-ferry operation and approximate six-minute crossing.
• Haninge Municipality: Dalaro protected shipwreck area - County protected wreck access and permit framework including authorized guided diving.
• Blekingetrafiken: archipelago boat services - Route- and season-specific Blekinge archipelago boat schedules.
• Country hero photo by Niklas Jonasson - Unsplash License. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@niklasjonasson | Location: Stora Lund Nature Reserve, Ödeshög, Sweden