South Funen Archipelago · Denmark · Reef
Keldsnor Lighthouse
An easy pebble-beach entry beneath the Keldsnor lighthouse
Photo: Wolfgang Fricke · CC BY 3.0
Keldsnor Lighthouse is a shore dive hidden beneath the lighthouse on the southern tip of Langeland. A pebble beach makes the entry easy, and the best of the dive is a stone reef that starts close to shore and stretches out into the Langelands Belt, with large flatfish in May and cod on night dives.
Also known as Keldsnor Fyr.
Where it is and how deep
54.7275° N, 10.7166° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
Divers walk in easily from the pebble beach, and the water deepens after only a few metres. The stone reef is the heart of the dive: stones of every size, the larger rocks beautifully overgrown with seaweed, set among seaweed belts and patches of sand and gravel, with the bottom at about 6 m.
In May the gravel patches hold turbot, brill and other flatfish, which grow large here, and summer brings small fish fry. When a current runs, cod wait behind the stones, and swimming against it along the reef gives the best chance of surprising one; cod of 3 to 4 kg are often seen on night dives. The site is best with the wind from the west.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair |
Season follows South Funen Archipelago: Dive trips run all year; December to March is the cold end, and no month is singled out as the best for the wrecks.
Sources
Photo credits
- A white lighthouse and low white buildings on a wooded shore, seen across dark, choppy water breaking on a pebble beach by Wolfgang Fricke, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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