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★★★★★ Baron Gautsch (Wreck)
Touring the Baron Gautsch is best started at the stern, across the upper deck towards the bow. After viewing the outside of the ship, you will get a very pleasant feeling of staying in the wreck, while going to the upper deck where the steel skeleton is left.
★★★★☆ Petalon One Way
This dive is a shore one way dive. Starting at the shore in the resort Petalon and diving back in our Porto Sole home bay. It is a long and nice dive in shallow water. The depth is betweem 3 and 15 m. Navigation is easy and conditions are mostly good so the dive is suitable for new divers as well.
★★★★☆ Banjole
One of the most beautiful dive sites islands of Rovinj. In the upper portion of the centre of the island there is the entrance to a small cave. (About 5 meters). A corridor leads into the central room of the cave, which is lit up by the sun through an opening. The dark parts of the cave are home to red starfish.
★★★★★ HMS Coriolanus (Wreck)
Due to its position and depth, HMS Coriolanus is one of the most popular wrecks to dive to in Istria peninsular. This amazing artificial reef full of marine life, most of the time gives the impression you dive some where in tropicals. Here you can see almost everything Northern Adriatic can offer.
★★★★☆ Piruzi island
Highly fissured rock gently sloping landscape in temporarily sandy ground. Ideal training ground for beginners. The depth varies from 5 to 22 meters.
★★★★☆ Sturago
This dive site on the outskirts of the small island Sturago consists of many interesting rock formations and a canyon is to dive as well. Since the dive site 12 meters and up the most interesting, is the sufficient time to relax and look in the many crevices a lot of aquatic life awaits us.
★★★★☆ Vrsar Hausbucht
The house bay is directly in front of the Starfish Dive Center. After just a few steps you can get started easily and safely. The bank slopes gently and after about 15-20 minutes you reach the maximum depth of about 10 meters.
★★★★☆ Maona, wreck
A short distance from the lighthouse of S. Giovanni (Sv. Ivan), off the coast of Rovinj, at a depth of 30-35 m is Maona, a small cargo vessel which, with its length of 40 m, offers a relatively simple dive for divers, in conditions of good visibility. Suitable for AOWD with a minimum of 40 dives.
★★★★☆ Hans Schmidt (Wreck)
Called “ISTRA“ for years, the true identity of this wreck was only recently established as the steamship “Hans Schmidt.“
★★★★☆ Wreck John Gilmore
It is believed to have been one of the first ships sunk on Istrian territory at the beginning of World War I.According to the data, the ship was built in an English shipyard and equipped with J. Gilmore engines, from which she received her name. The well-preserved interior of the vessel can be accessed.
★★★★☆ Giuseppe Dezza
The Italian minesweeper was built in 1913 and sunk in 1944. Until 1929 she bore the name „Pilade Bronzetti“. She was sunk by a British aircraft which spotted her during a reconnaissance flight. The torpedo broke the ship in half and therefore the bow and stern are about fifty yards apart.
★★★★☆ Porer Reef
This is almost a secret spot, which is only approached by a few diving centres. The beautiful reef resembles an extensive underwater plateau with many terraced gradations.The richly vegetated reef begins 8 meters below the water surface and extends to a depth of over 25 meters.
★★★★☆ Lunga
This island is located 1km west of our bay and is home to a colony of seagulls and numerous cormorans.It is surrounded by a reef that slopes down in steps and is crossed by long crevasses.This place is also suitable for snorkeling.
★★★★☆ Plic Mramori
At 3-8 meters there is a very beautiful, jagged rock formation around the lighthouse with many schools of fish.Amphora shards 14-17 meters deep on an area the size of a football field. At 27-30 meters Interesting rock formation with overhangs.
★★★★☆ Sv. Nikola
Sv. Nikola is an inhabited island at the entrance to Porec harbor.The rugged underwater landscape in front of it, overgrown with many sponges, is characterized by large boulders and overhangs.This site is also suitable for snorkeling.
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| Monday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 18:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 - 18:00 |