Atlantic Road and Kristiansund

Choose Sites to Skill and Weather

Vevangstrommen is a tidal-current drift site; Fogna can have dangerous underwater swell draw, and Skardhammaren drops to extreme depths. They are not generic novice or solo shore entries. The operator expects experienced certified divers, and says it does not send a scuba instructor into the water as part of ordinary boat trips. Confirm whether your itinerary has an appropriately qualified in-water guide, how the group will navigate, where the boat will recover divers, and whether alternate sites or cancellation are necessary. Dive within certification, oxygen exposure, decompression and gas reserves, and carry suitable surface signaling. Do not conduct wreck penetration, unsupervised freediving, spearfishing or artifact recovery without separate qualifications and verified legal permissions.

Cold-water and Surface Risk

Use appropriate exposure protection and proven drysuit training if needed. Account for wind chill aboard open boats, delayed surface pickup, surge near rock, boat traffic and changing visibility. Dive with a trained buddy, conduct a pre-dive briefing and avoid breath-hold hyperventilation. Never infer safety from a seal sighting or a calm-looking beach. If the operator cancels, treat it as a safety decision. Operator scuba requirements; Fogna warning; DAN breath-hold safety.

Call 113 for suspected decompression sickness, arterial gas embolism, severe hypothermia, loss of consciousness, serious aspiration or injury. Inform the dispatcher of the dive, timing, depths, gas, symptoms and GPS or confirmed meeting location. Trained responders should administer emergency oxygen when available without delaying activation, and arrange medical referral rather than attempting uncoordinated self-transport. 116 117 reaches the Norwegian out-of-hours medical service for non-emergency illness. Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen operates hyperbaric/diving-medicine services and gives explicit instructions to call 113 for acute diving illness; this does not mean a chamber is present at Kristiansund, or that a diver should independently drive or fly to Bergen. Treatment location and evacuation are decided by the Norwegian emergency system. Ask the actual operator before departure about emergency oxygen, communications, skipper first aid and the recovery plan. Helsenorge - out-of-hours medical help; Haukeland University Hospital - hyperbaric medicine; Haukeland University Hospital - emergency decompression illness

Respect marine mammals by keeping distance, avoiding feeding, touching, chasing and interference with haul-outs or pups. Stromsholmen does not permit spearfishing or collecting marine organisms during its regular scuba site trips. Norway's protected coastal and bird nesting areas can restrict landings during specific dates, often in spring and early summer, but the exact dates and boundaries depend on the designated reserve; check the Norwegian Environment Agency and county authority before landing on islands, flying a drone or entering a protected stretch. Farstadsanden is in a coastal nature setting, and posted local rules control use. Never remove wreck artifacts or assume a wreck is free to penetrate. No universal destination marine-park tag was identified. Stromsholmen - scuba diving; Norwegian Environment Agency - seasonal access restrictions; County Governor of More og Romsdal - nature and recreation