ArcticSea

Barents Sea

North of Norway and Russia

A relatively warm Arctic shelf sea with strategic fisheries and seasonal ice cover.

Max depth

600 m

Avg depth

230 m

Temperature

-1 to 10 °C

Salinity

34-35 ppt

Wildlife

Marine life

Fish

Atlantic CodHaddockCapelin

Mammals

BelugaMinke WhaleWalrus

Corals

Lophelia reefs

Invertebrates

Red King CrabSnow Crab

Other wildlife

Polar Bear (ice)Harp Seal

Activities

Sports suitability

Diving

Fishing

Sailing

Surfing

Snorkelling

Seafloor

Rock & geology

Glacial till & dropstones
Rock debris dropped by melting ice
Terrigenous mud & sand
Sediment carried from land by rivers
Sandstone & shale
Sedimentary bedrock of the shelf

Live conditions · Open-Meteo Marine

Marine weather right now

Updated 1:09:35 PM

Sea surface temp

3.1 °C

Wind

—

Wave height

3.7 m

Wave period

9.8 s

Visibility

—

Air temp

—

Current

0.08 m/s

Swell height

3.0 m

Readings interpolated at 75.00°, 40.00°. Winds, waves, currents and sea surface temperature via Open-Meteo.

Tides · next 48 hours

Global tide model (estimate)

High tide

Fri 03:00 PM

-0.52 m

Low tide

Fri 08:00 PM

-0.75 m

High tide

Sat 03:00 AM

-0.17 m

Low tide

Sat 09:00 AM

-0.58 m

Estimated from the Open-Meteo tide model, relative to mean sea level. Not for navigation.

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