Saltö Wall
Kosterfjord · Sweden
A near-vertical granite wall on the southern tip of Saltö island drops from 2 metres to beyond 40 metres. The surface is smothered in dead man's fingers soft coral, plumose anemones, and encrusting sponges in orange and yellow. Nudibranchs are the headline attraction — Flabellina nobilis, Onchidoris muricata, and Limacia clavigera appear on virtually every dive. Sea spiders with leg-spans approaching 10 centimetres cling to the sponge fields. Visibility in the national park is consistently high, making the wall's colour and texture unmissable.
Conditions
Depth
2 to 42 m
Advanced depths
Current
Usually still
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
8 to 16 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
4 to 17°C
Drysuit or 7mm wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Vis (m) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Current | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Still | Still | Still | Still | Still | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Dead Man's Fingers
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Flabellina Nudibranch
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Onchidoris Nudibranch
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Limacia Nudibranch
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Plumose Anemone
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Giant Sea Spider
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Encrusting Sponge (Orange)
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Arctic Starfish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Gear