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Explore Brač
Brač is an island located off of the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia, it is located in the Adriatic Sea. This island is known for its white pebble beach and attracts visitors who are interested in watersports such as windsurfing and, ofcourse, diving. There are five dive centres on the island who know the dive sites like no other. Aside from dive centres, there are also multiple liveaboards which visit the Dalmatian Coast including the island of Brač. One of the most attractive features of the underwater world here are the reefs. These flourishing reefs attract a lot of marine life, so there are always multiple exciting marine species to spot here. Divers here can have a range of different diving experiences; they can come here to increase their knowledge by taking dive courses, they can reach a point of underwater meditation during some relaxing, shallow dives, or they can reach new depths and explore the thrilling steep drop offs.
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Diving in Brač
There are multiple different types of diving to be done for a wide range of divers; novice divers wanting to take dive courses or just wanting to enjoy the shallow reefs, thrill seeking divers who want to explore the rocky topography including caves and steep drop offs, and for technical divers who are wanting to admire the still high abundance of marine life at deep depths. The reefs here come in all shapes and sizes from walls to drop offs to plateaus but they all have one thing in common; they are colourful and teeming with life.
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The best Months to Dive in Brač
Croatia has a Mediterranean climate which means hot summer winters with a lot of rain. The air temperatures here range between a cold 8°C in the midst of winter, between December and February, and reaches up to 26°C in the summer months of July and August. The peak diving season lies between May and September when the waters are the most calm, the most clear and the warmest, with the least amount of rain and the least amount of currents. The water temperature here ranges between 12°C and 24°C and the visibility is on average good throughout the year and ranges between 10 metres and 35 metres on the best days.
Top Wildlife Sightings in Brač
The marine life around Brač is a great representation of what the Adriatic Sea has to offer, which is mainly; colour. The marine flora and fauna here are all sizes, shapes, textures and colours. The reefs are made up of different species of Hard Corals such as the famous Red Corals, Soft Corals, Anemones, Sea Sponges such as Sulfur Sponges, Algae such as Pink Algae and much more. This flora attracts species such as Sea Snails, different species of Lobsters, Crabs and other Crustaceans, Sea Slugs and Starfish. Some of the larger critters include Octopus, Moray Eels, Conger Eels, Scorpion Fish, Seahorses, Triplefins and more. There are also many fish species which usually appear in schools including reef fish such as Damselfish and many other colourful species. On the luckiest days, divers have spotted Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Spotted Sharks and Cat Sharks!
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
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Total number of species approx.: 300
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Octopus
153 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 200
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Moray Eel
51 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 7000
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Crab
140 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3400
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Shrimp
113 Sightings
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Common Seahorse
78 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3000
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Nudibranch
70 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250
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Scorpionfish
59 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
56 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 60
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Soldierfish
29 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 60
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Spiny Lobster
24 Sightings
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