Destination: norway
Orca Expeditions (6 Days) | From $918/night
MS Mårøy Quick Pitch
Join Orca Norway & Strømsholmen Seasportcenter's 6 day orca expeditions aboard an equipped liveaboard boat for up to 16 divers, MS Mårøy.
Why You'll like Ms Mårøy
- Seek for orcas and do free-diving with them
- Only up to 16 guests onboard
- No snorkel experience needed to join the orca expedition trips
- Wireless Internet onboard
- USEA Lectures with USEA Certification / Lecturer Orca Expert Pierre Robert de Latour
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Accommodations - Facilities - Schedule & Rates - Dive Info & Itineraries
Location
The trips embark from Skjervöy. Orca Norway offers pick-up service from Scandic Ishavshotel in Tromsö city to the boat in Skjervöy.
Dive Overview
The trip’s main focus is observing and swimming with orcas (killer whales). There’s estimated 1,500 orcas in Norwegian waters and hundreds of them come to northern Norway’s fjords between late October and early February following the herring migration.
Orcas in Norway are of the “North Atlantic Type 1” ecotype, living in closely related pods and sometimes observed in aggregations of hundreds strong. They employ the so-called “carousel feeding” technique, where they herd herring into dense balls, then slap them with their tails to stun the fish and proceed eating them one-by-one. These fjords also get visited by great numbers of humpback whales, preying on herring using the lunge feeding technique, a true spectacle to be witnessed top-side.
Learn more about Norway here.
Accommodations
Types of Cabins, Amenities and Photos
Ms Mårøy Cabin Overview
- Cabins : 7 x 2 person cabins
- Cabins : 3 x 1 person cabins
- 2 toilets and 4 showers.
General Facilities
Ms Mårøy Boat Features
- Indoor restaurant
- Professional chef onboard
- Wireless Internet
- Dinghy
- Rental of complete snorkeling gear, including dry suits in all standard sies
Schedule & Rates
MS Mårøy Schedule & Rates
RATES 2023
6 days orca expedition with USEA Lectures = NOK 55.000,- per person.
Rental of complete equipment with dry-suit, mask, snorkel, fins, gloves, weight belt, underwear/thinsulate and aquafloat / 6 days = NOK 2.500,- per person.
MS Mårøy currently has no scheduled trips. Contact us for more information.
INCLUSIONS
- All meals/food, coffee/tea/soft drinks. Professional chef onboard.
- All guiding and transport to the field for seeking orcas.
- Snorkeling with orcas
- Dinghy with driver and guide (fuel is included).
- Harbor Fee
- Bedclothes and towels included
- Wireless Internet onboard.
- One evening with Hydrophone for listening to the sound of orcas and humpbacks. (If good conditions).
- USEA Lectures with USEA Certification. Approx one hour per evening).
Exclusions
- No flights or other transfers to/from Tromsö included in the offer
- Rental of complete equipment with dry-suit, mask, snorkel, fins, gloves, weight-belt, underwear/thinsulate and aquafloat /6 days = NOK 2.500,- per person
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic beverages
RATES & AVAILABILITY
For more information on other departure dates, rates, and on availability email us at info@bluewaterdivetravel.com or call us at +1-310-915-6677 and we will gladly help you plan your dream dive vacation!
Dive Information & Itineraries
Orca trips
Every year from the end of October to medio January, the probably largest gathering of killing whales in the world take place in Troms region, far north of Norway, due to enormous amounts of herring.
Sometimes as many as 50-60 orcas and humpback whales can be observed at the same time. We follow the orcas closely to watch them play and feed. When possible, we enter the water and swim with them. To be with these magnificent animals in their own habitat is an experience for life.
USEA - Undersea Soft Encounter Alliance - Academy
Supported by scientists working in the field of marine biology. USEA is a network for every divers, diving centers and operators choosing the way of soft encounters to interact with marine mammals and who first care about the respect of the wellbeing and the wild nature of marine mammals.
We operate from well equipped liveaboard boats with compressor, tanks and weights.
Opportunity to do scuba diving in the evenings in the bay (not with orcas) for well certified divers only. The divers need to have 30 dives with dry-suit before coming.
Other Information
Boat specifications
- Length: 32.27 meters
- Wide: 6.90 meters
- Max guests: 16
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Time Zone: UTC+2
- Local Currency: NOK (Norwegian Krone)
- Language Spoken: Scandinavian, English and French
- Electricity: 230V
- Payment Onboard: Cash
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