Gulen and Sognefjord Entrance

Show certification and recent drysuit experience, agree maximum depth, gas, buddy roles, exit and rescue plan, and follow boat briefings. Frankenwald and several other wrecks have technical sections; avoid penetration unless appropriately trained and equipped. On the house reef, protect delicate life and review current/entry/exit conditions. Freedivers must use trained one-up/one-down supervision rather than solo breath-hold training; snorkelers should not enter an active boat channel. Use current coastal forecasts and Norwegian water guidance.

For suspected decompression illness, arterial gas embolism or any worrying symptoms after scuba diving, call 113 and ask for a duty diving physician, as Helse Bergen explicitly instructs even for non-life-threatening symptoms or doubt. If trained and equipment is available, provide high-concentration oxygen on the surface while awaiting professional care; do not attempt in-water recompression. Helse Bergen operates a hyperbaric medicine service in Bergen, but ambulance or air-evacuation routing and timing are emergency-service decisions, not guaranteed transfers. For other urgent non-life-threatening conditions, Norway has a 24-hour legevakt contact line at 116 117. Hospital diving guidance; DAN first aid.

The Gulen Dive Resort house reef is operated as a no-collection observation area: do not take fish or other animals, damage kelp or soft corals, disturb wrecks or remove historic objects. Norway and Vestland maintain separate protected-area rules; the coastal region must not be labeled a paid marine park without an exact current designation. The wider Sognefjord has had protection proposals, which do not by themselves establish site-specific prohibitions or fees. Avoid treating sightings of wolffish, rays or nudibranchs as guaranteed or as evidence of safe entry. House-reef stewardship.