NORTH ATLANTIC
Scapa Flow · SMS Markgraf
- United Kingdom
- Experienced
- May - September
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Experienced
- Depth guide
- 25-45 m on fleet wrecks
- When to go
- May - September
- Site type
- Wreck
Featured wildlife
- Wolf eel
- Giant plumose anemone
- Giant moray
- Great barracuda
About this dive site
Scuttled German High Seas Fleet in cold, story-rich water.
Scapa Flow in Orkney holds WWI battleships scuttled in 1919, including the Markgraf for advanced-depth teams. Drysuits, nitrox and UK wreck experience are expected; visibility varies with plankton blooms. The history above water matches the haunting decks below.
Match wreck depth - and any penetration - to your training; many famous wrecks are enjoyed from the outside only. Calendar peak is May - September, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Scapa Flow day to day, not just the map pin.