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A wartime wreck beneath Iceland's creative Eastfjord, accessible to divers only by permit.
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El Grillo is a distinctive Second World War oil-tanker wreck in Seydisfjordur. Icedive describes on-request trips with port permission, Advanced Open Water credentials and drysuit experience; it plans ordinary recreational dives within certification limits despite the wreck continuing deeper. DIVE.IS currently lists its own service as suspended due to oil pollution. There is no verified walk-up or guaranteed departure. Treat the trip as viable only after written confirmation from both the authorised operator and harbourmaster.
El Grillo oil-tanker wreck
The principal documented local wreck: a historic British tanker sunk in Seydisfjordur in 1944, with access only subject to current harbour authorisation, appropriate qualifications and a confirmed operator.
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