i wish someone would drop a few cameras down in sealed bubbles... make em neutrally bouyant. throw in a co2 bulb and pop it after a time delay, so they come to the surface afterwards. hit me up! seems like an easy enough thing to make. just um... need a few dollars for materials :)
Then you lose a good dive ;) If you dive when the current turns and with local knowledge, then there is a problem for most people diving here. But would not recommend diving, when the current is like in the video
The current turns every 12 hours, at its strongest the current is 20 to 24 knots, but at its weakest around 1 to 3 knots (45-60 minutes) and it is like diving in a "river" but in the sea. Have many dives there myself ,and there are many film clips from there online
The area is a protected national park and will NEVER be developed. Here in Norway, most electricity comes from hydropower (from mountains). Building out this place,is a bad deal and will never be accepted by local people
Especially in winter, we can have good visibility. The whole area is full of wildlife and is covered by large fine kelp forests. A lot of nourishment in waters here that come with the current , vs other more open areas
The fishing is good , but it also brings local problems, with contamination from lost fishing equipment. Local divers have for several years done clean-up operations. Something that can be a challenge in a place like this. I have even filled a 10 liter bucket with many kilos, just on a 30/40 minuts dive my selfe
You can see tidal bores like that on the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. There are a few narrows where the tide "venturies" between rocky headlands. One that looks as severe as this one is in the harbour of a town called Westport on the Brier Neck, Nova Scotia.
Such an amazing location for generating hydro power. Doubt it will ever happen for environmental, ecological or tourism reasons, but it would be amazingly effective.
The place Is a national park , and will never be built a power station there. We don't need it , we have a lot of hydro electrical power here northern Norway. More than we can use or send to other places.
@@vegarhl Uhh, ya. Did you miss the part where I said it will never happen because of environmental, ecological or tourism reasons? That's basically what a national park is. Its a place where most industry gets banned because of those reasons. I live in central Canada. We have wind and solar farms, but no where near enough to meet demand and the widest body of flowing water to be found in 500 km is less than 15 meters wide and moves at a staggering pace of about 0.4 meters per second. Possibly as fast 3 mps during the spring thaw. Hydro power just isn't possible anywhere near where I live, so its something that I personally find fascinating.
@@Asesinathegamer G’day dude, I could do that but it would involve some long travel to get there, you see I live on the east coast of Australia and Broome is in the north west of the country, around 4500 km away from me and across several deserts. Alternatively, here’s a link to a clip from a BBC documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough explaining the tidal flows in Broome 👍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mJ9kdhVJT0U.html
The bridge has a sail height of 41 metres, the boats are no problem. I live full-time in a sailboat further into the fjord, and go through the Saltstraumen when I go out to sea
@@freeanimals594 Norway has its advantages, but undoubtedly its own in problems. We have a little too much "communist" thinking in many ways, and it has gotten worse in recent years. They said, i am very glad that I don't live in the US .The country is a slow sinking rat ship😆
@vegar blix Holt I understand that! I believe mostly all countries on Earth are going down the drain, except of course, if you're one of the elite and can afford a way out, until death that is! BTW, I never go in the ocean here for many reasons. We live 13 miles from the Gulf. I'll stick with our pool!
@@freeanimals594. Good…you stay there where crime is rampant. I’ve had my cc data stolen every single time I’ve visited Florida…it was stolen by such upstanding people as gas station attendants, hotel check-in clerks, wait staff, etc. It seems like EVERYONE there is in to identity theft. You can keep that redneck state! (Went to hi school in Pensacola, and have only BAD memories of your “southern hospitality”).
Seems like a great place for water turbines. Free electricity! As a licenced drone operator let's give a hand to the person than shot this awesome video. ✌
I filmed it several years ago, the area is a protected national park and will NEVER be developed. Here in Norway, most electricity comes from hydropower (from mountains). Building out this place,is a bad deal and will never be accepted by local people
besides the leave it alone factor, it doesnt work like that. to get any work from the water means you have to slow it down. as soon as you slow it down its not as impressive anymore. you are restricting the flow. the whole reason it exists is because the flow is restricted. restrict it more and all you do is reduce the flow. you can restrict flow to the point you get... a dam. a dam doesnt produce any power. its the dam draining through a restriction producing the power. the sweet spot is when the water flows at half the velocity it would otherwise flow at through that restriction. its doing the maximum work on your load... generator... grain mill... water pump... air compressor... you cant get any better than that. why does it always have to be "electricity"?
The energy contained in this water current is laughable compared to the energy from a hydroelectric damn. It is a terrible location for hydroelectric power. Hydro power is all about water pressure from water depth. You have water coming from somewhere high to somewhere low.
We actually mounted a sea kayak expedition to the Lofoten Islands including 2 days playing in this in about 1978 was it? We were student teachers of Outdoor Education at Bede College, Durham and had circumnavigated Ireland the previous year. Great experience in organising expeditions,a great trip, and I did end up getting an OE job eventually. Thanks for filming this and posting. Technology is wonderful nowadays. I wish we had had anything better than an Instamatic in a Plastic Bag
I'd like to see the bottom where its constantly scoured by the currents. If it's a tidal flow does that mean that it reverses? How's the fishing? And the underwater life? There has to be some interesting mutations in most everything in that kind of environment.
yes there are tides that go in and out. Here the tide leaves the fjord. Underwater there is a rich wildlife and kelp forest, it is possible to dive there for about 1 hour when the current turns, it is never still so it is like diving in a river with 1 to 3 knots of current. I Have dived there several times myself
