Dive or Snorkle Silfra Fissure, Iceland (UNESCO site)

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Ever wanted to go diving in a crack between two continents in some of the clearest water on Earth? In the Icelands Þingvellir National Park ever-widening Almannagjá canyon, you can walk in the seam of the Eurasian and North American plates as they slowly move apart—or you can dive into the crack between continents in the Silfra Rift in Lake Þingvellir. Silfra, by virtue of its location in the Þingvallavatn, contains clear, cold water that attracts scuba divers drawn to its high visibility and geological importance; divers are literally swimming between continents. The rift claims a shallow depth nearest to the bank, but deepens and widens further out. The rift offers amazing visibility and has been placed on the top 3 diving destinations list by multiple publications. The waters are so clear that many divers are said to lose all sense of depth and even experience vertigo. The visibility reaches end-of-sight and is rated at 150 to 300 meters. The water is 50 to 100 years old once it reaches the lake from the melting glacier through the lava field, and is drinkable.

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