Tourists are increasingly interested in the underwater safari in Croatia

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In recent years, underwater safari has become an increasingly popular form of tourism in Croatia where the attractive offshore and indented eastern Adriatic coast has a lot to offer. The Croatian coast has so far attracted mostly mainland tourists and sailors but in recent years diving activities have also risen.

In recent years, underwater safari has become an increasingly popular form of tourism in Croatia where the attractive offshore and indented eastern Adriatic coast has a lot to offer. The Croatian coast has so far attracted mostly mainland tourists and sailors but in recent years diving activities have also risen.slika.asp?slika=3076

Croatia is the fourth country in Europe by the number of underwater archaeological findings. According to the Ministry of Culture, in the Croatian Adriatic there are about 400 underwater archaeological sites, of which 200 come from prehistory to the new era, and the most recent from the time of the Second World War. The Ministry has protected 92 sites as cultural property, nine of which are under metal protection.


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In Croatian waters diving can only be performed in an organized manner and not individually, and the Ministry has issued, for the period from 2009 to 2013, 25 concessions for conducting and organizing activities on underwater cultural resources, and for four underwater archaeological zones around the islands of Mljet, Lastovo and Vis and in the area of Cavtat. In these zones, there are 35 sites, and 6 out of the zones.

Along the northern coast of the island Kaprij by Šibenikis an attractive well preserved wreck of an iron boat from World War II, "Francesca da Riminnija," which was torpedoed and sunk while it was anchored in disguise, by the Union Army in 1944. It is a boat that is 42 meters long and 12 meters wide, with three well-preserved masts. The wreck was only discovered in 1994 and is therefore very well preserved.
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Not far from the island Kaprij there are interesting caves and reefs that are also an attractive destination for lovers of the underwater world.  It is estimated that in the Croatian part of the Adriatic there are around 150,000 divers per year. Certainly the most famous wreck in the Croatian Adriatic coast is the "Baron Gautch", an Austro-Hungarian ship from the First World War, sunk by a sea mine sunk in the waters in front of Rovinj in 1914.


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In the waters of Kvarner divers are also happy to visit the wreck of the Italian merchant ship "Lina" in the vicinity of Cres, a sunken cargo ship "Tihany" near the Island of Unije and the Greek freighter "Peltastis" that sank along the coast of Krk. Many interesting wrecks can be found also in waters around Split, like cargo ship, "Teti", the mine layer "Ursus", which had dragged the floating artillery pontoon, was hit by a British submarine in 1941. At an ideal depth along the coast of Pelješac, is the wreck of the German torpedo boat S-57, which is considered one of the most attractive shipwrecks for underwater safari. In Dubrovnik waters there are also numerous wrecks, and underwater walls and reefs.
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