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Check out Croatia’s top dive sites

Croatia is home to some of the best diving in Europe. This beautiful country’s long coastline and countless islands offer endless opportunities for spectacular diving. The Adriatic Sea’s mild waters are home to a fantastic array of marine life from rare black coral to reefs filled with colorful nudibranchs, conger eels, octopus, seahorses, lobster, and massive sea stars. The underwater topography is as impressive as it’s sealife; divers can explore an endless array of pillars, canyons, and caverns. There are many wrecks as well, many from both WWI and WWII. With some of Europe’s clearest water, diving is possible in Croatia year-round and will never disappoint.

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Dive sites

Discover the underwater wonders waiting to be explored

Subaquatic, 52470 Umag

HMS Coriolanus (Wreck) (★4.5)

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.
NAJADA diving d.o.o., 22243 Murter

Plic Grmeni (★4.7)

The drop-off is in 24m at an eastward direction. Dive down the slightly overhanging wall. At 42m you see the remains of an approximately 35m long ship. All wooden parts are rotten, but many metal parts are lying around. Left and right of the wreck are impressive gorgonian hills & fields.
Mares

Taranto (Wreck) (★4.6)

In front of Grebeni, half a mile west of Dubrovnik, lies the remains of the Taranto, an Italian trading vessel built in Rotterdam in 1899 and mobilized by the Italian navy during the war for transporting military provisions. It sunk on 15 February 1943.
NAUTICA SAFARI SP.J., 30-056 KRAKOW

Teti (Wreck) (★4.6)

The 72-meters long steamship wreck Teti lays on the sandy bottom where it sunk in 1930. It is famous for its picturesque spare steering wheel, close to which moray eels and conger fish live.
NAJADA diving d.o.o., 22243 Murter

Stuka (Wreck) (★4.8)

The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, “dive bomber“) was a two-man (pilot and rear gunner) German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. The plane is almost undamaged and lies upright at 25-27m.
Andreas Kron d.o.o., 51280 RAB

Veli Cutin (★4.3)

The two small islands of Veli and Mali Ćutin lie on the east coast between Cres and Rab Islands. The beauty and diversity of Cutin are stunning for both divers and researchers, and is considered to be home to the most beautiful dive sites in the entire Adriatic.
One2Dive, 4907 ZK Oosterhout

Baron Gautsch (Wreck) (★4.6)

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.
MANTA, 21485 Komiza

Brioni (Wreck) (★4.7)

A well-preserved wreck, densely covered by yellow sponges. This cargo-passenger wreck lays close to the islet of Ravnik and is claimed by many as the most beautiful wreck with great visibility.
Andreas Kron d.o.o., 51280 RAB

Katedrala, Premuda Island (★4.7)

Premuda is the western most island in the Zadar archipelago and is situated southwest of Silba and northwest of Škarda. Its waters conceal an exceptionally beautiful cave,. In fact, a complex of small caves called Katedrala is found here, giving its name, with its huge cupola-shaped hall and porous ceiling.
MANTA, 21485 Komiza

B-17 (Wreck) (★4.7)

Lies on a sandy bottom pointing towards North.Minimum depth 65 meters and maximum depth 72 meters.Minimum to no current with visibility up to 40 meters

Marine Life

Encounter these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat

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Moray Eel
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Barracuda
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Octopus
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Seahorses and Pipefishes
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Rays
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Turtles
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Molluscs
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