
Island
Krk has many great locations for diving. Before diving you
will have to buy diving licence. According the law(2003.)
divers can dive in diving club or individualy. The cost of
license in diving club is cca 14,00 Euros. Most attractive
locations are:
Wreck
Peltastis -Old greek cargo ship (made 06.03.1952.),
sunk in late 1968, crashed into cliffs near the Klimno scove.
The length of the ship is 60m and maximum depth is 31m. The
bow mast of the ship is at 8m, the stern mast at 12m, and
bow at depth of 17m, bridge at 21 m, propeller at depth of
31m. It is mostly mid visibility, but it dependes a lot on
the weather conditions, and it can significantly get worse
because of minor storm. An underwater lamp is obligatory part
of the diving equipment. Possibility of light streaming.
Punta Silo - Also the
position which enables extraordinary dives, as for the beginners
and also for the experienced divers. Reef begins at 14m, and
maximal depth is 35m. Combination of send and rocky bottom.
At the very beginning of the position there is a wall up to
14m in depth, arter which send plateau follows aprox. 20m
long and again the wall continues with shady bulges up to
35m in depth. The position is plentiful with various sea snails,
fishes, octopuses…
St Marak - Wall is
going down from 18 to its maximum 22 meters. This position
is famous for its fly fishes and octopuses. After enjoying
the live beauty of the wall, there is a sugar on the end:
small fisherman boat lying down at 18 meters under entrance
to small underwater cave. On the way back, just before exiting
try to find small, low passage at 3 meters, that is really
colourful and it would be pity to miss.
Vrbnik cave - The position
is located close to the cove in front of the town Vrbnik at
the island of Krk. Dive is above the very entrance to the
cave at 15 m, in front of the entrance to the cave the bottom
is covered with sand, while in the cave itself the bottom
consists of the mixture of sand and silt, and it is necessary
to enter very carefully so that the visibility would not get
significantly worse.
Tenki reef - Top of
the reef is at only 3 m under sea surface, after which there
is a possibility for diving to 40 m in depth, while at 9 m
of depth there is a tunnel 5 m long, with possibility of passing
through for a pair of divers. It is very important to mention
that this tunnel serves not only for passing through, but
at very entrance takes breath away with beautiful plant cover
and little caves, which are very often settled with conger
eels and gropers.
Kamenjak – Extraordinary
position with two reefs in the distance of 25 m. The first
reef, whose top is above the sea surface, is the position
with diving possibilities up to 25 m. It is overfull of various
cuttings, it is rich in first class sorts of fishes, crabs,
numerous sea snails and octopuses. The second reef, 25 m afar
from the first one, is also very interesting position. It
starts at 2 m in depth and stretches to 35 m in depth.
Glavina - Beautiful
position, especially for diving lovers in 'blue', because
the top of one of the two cathedrals is at 25 m depth. As
we already stressed, on this position there are two reefs.