Baltic sea??? what can you tell me about the diving there

[diver00014]

Im considering a trip to this area, Any English speaking dive operators in this area?

 

[Redshift]

Which country are you going to?

 

[FinnMom]

Any English speaking dive operators in this area?

Hugely many, esp. in Sweden & Finland. By my experience even the kids and the elderly can speak fairly good English in Sweden, check the internet and send some e-mails for more Sweden-info.

In Finland
Maybe an hour's drive from Helsinki, the city of Hanko has fantastically many wrecks, which means they can accommodate dives in less favourable conditions too. Hanko is a beautiful old beachside resort town & really fun to visit in its own right. Lots of old beachside mansions are now inexpensive hotels.
Hanko Diving

Åland is located btwn Stockholm & the SW corner of Finland. Fabulously beautiful archipeligo, take a ferry (BIG, like a cruise ship Viking line/Tallink Silja) to get there or fly in. The diving laws in Åland have protected wrecks so there will be LOTS more artifacts to see than in many other places. The diving centre is in the city of Mariehamn, where the ferries dock. Pretty town, excellent maritime museum, Pommern museum ship is neat and nearby underwater is a wreck just like her!
Aland Diving

Also in Helsinki are Sammakkomies Espoonkatu 11
tel. +358 40 544 2049 info@samakkomies.fi
and the Helskinki Diving Centre ("sukelluskeskus") sukelluskeskus.fi - scubatravel.fi - Yhteystiedot, contact information

In Turku is FunDive
Fun Dive Oy
Maariankatu 8
20100 TURKU
Tel +358 400-740 436 / +358 400-490 456
And they seem like really nice folks too

 

[DeeperOut]

Swedish west coast has better visibility than east coast (stockholm). East coast has lots of wrecks. Routinely 1 meter visibilty or less. drysuit, primary lamp, excellent buoyancy control a must. Almost everyone in Sweden,Norway and Denmark speaks excellent English.

 

[laurin]

You can expect pretty much everyone to speak at least passable English.

As far as diving goes, Baltic sea is pretty unique. I'd even dare say a lot better than Truk... Cheaper to get to, proper gases are readily available, and there's a positive sh*tload of wrecks at diveable depths. The water is not clear or warm, but that's part of the charm.

There's wooden wrecks dating from 14th century on even older, and loads of war wrecks from the past two big conflicts. There's quite a few reasons for this: there's been centuries of seafaring, trade and warfare going on and the Baltic is very hard to navigate so there's plenty of opportunities for wreckage. The wrecks stay pristine: due to the low salinity the Baltic doesn't have the shipworm, also deeper down it's cold and dark year round. Just about the only thing really threatening the wrecks are dumb divers lifting stuff, so lots of the better wrecks are not publicly known.

Just couple of highlights:
Mystery ship on Vimeo
Secrets of the Baltic: Discovery of three submarines - YouTube

 

[diver00014]

Thanks for the replys

 

[kaheksa]

You can come over to Estonia we have over 10000wrecks in our waters, full technical gases/equipment and boats to take you out on

 

[FinnMom]

This fellow also speaks English well, organizes trips abroad but also to Baltic sea sites from Finland
info@divetravel.fi