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Kristiansund & the Atlantic Ocean Road · Norway · Wall · Sand slope

Tevikholmen

Island rock, a sand shelf, then a steep plunge

Tevikholmen is an island drop-off: the rock falls to a sandy shelf, then steep terrain plunges far below the dive. It is a weak-current site with very good visibility below 10 m, and the profile can run from the shallows to deep along the slope.

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Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Tevikholmen: typical dive to 39 m (to 128 ft), deepest point 70 m (230 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit39 m70 m maxtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 80 m (262 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

62.9815° N, 7.3490° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

From the island at Tevikholmen the rock drops to 10–14 m, and a sand bottom carries on to 20 m. Past that, steep terrain falls to 60–70 m, beyond the recommended range of 0–39 m, so the dive turns on the slope. Current is weak and visibility below 10 m is very good. The life is fjord-type mixed with open-sea species: mussels, hermit crabs living with anemones, starfish, snails and prawns.

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

Month-by-month season rating for Tevikholmen
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Season follows Kristiansund & the Atlantic Ocean Road: The Atlantic Ocean Road centre runs from early June to late September; the Kristiansund club boat goes out every Sunday all year.

Sources

  1. Tevikholmen - Strømsholmen Seasportcenter — Strømsholmen Sjøsportsenter
  2. OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap

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