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Cliff dives
offered by supplier M10347 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 1
- 7
day(s)
Group Size: 1
- 10
people
Destination:
Croatia
Category: Scuba diving operators
Specialty:
Diving instructor, Scuba diving center
Season: January - December
Min Price: 23 Euro (EUR) per trip
Max Price: 216 Euro (EUR) per trip
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Cliff dives
Rogoznica aqvatory is most famous for huge cliffs (drop offs) full of Gorgonias (corals) and colorful sea life. Cliffs are filled with small caves and canyons which fall in to the deep vertically. Visibility is through most of the year around 50 m so you feel like floating next to a huge wall which goes from 9 m all the way to 110m deep visible in one glance. It is a special feeling diving in this kind of the blue.
Alain's cliff
DEPTH. Diving depth on this cliff is from 20 to 40 m but the cliff goes down to maximum 90 m.
DIFFICULTY. Difficulty of this dive depends mostly on conditions and currents but is usually accessible for beginners as well for experienced divers
VISIBILITY. From 30 to 50 m. crystal clean water
CURRENTS. Sometimes especially during low season current are strong and can make a problems for beginners.
SPECIAL PERMITS. No special permits needed
TYPE OF DIVE. Cliff dive
RECOMMENDATION. One of the best Cliff dives you will ever find. Huge Gorgonia coral fans everywhere.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVE
Alain's cliff is one of most famous cliff dives in Croatia and with the good reason. Start the dive on a plato which is around 5 to 9 m depth swimming in the direction of open sea. You come to the end of plato which finishes with direct drop off from 8 m down to a 90 m. This is probably the closest feeling to flaying you will ever experience, the magic of this cliff is visibility. It is so crystal clear that you can in fact see almost entire cliff in one glance, from surface to the bottom. It can take your breath a way. When you come on the depth between 20 and 40 m, depending on your experience and diving category, balance your buoyancy nicely. On one place cliff breaks and makes a vertical canyon full of caves and gorgonia coral fans. Usually on this place there is a school of different bigger fish. During entire length of the cliff there are clouds of small fish all around. After some swimming cliff brakes again and goes directly toward near by island V. Smokvica. This is the place where current is usually strongest. Once you pass the curve currant suddenly stops. Just by following the cliff which gradually goes in to s small bay on the island all the way up to 5 m depth.
TIPS & TRICKS
Wash out for your depth, visibility is so good in some periods that it can trick you in going too deep. Take extra time to adjust your equipment still on the dive boat, so once you jump in the sea you are ready for the dive. If the currant is strong get as close to the cliff as possible and watch out for your breathing rate. V. Smokvica, in translation Big fig, was a restricted military island until recently so the life around it is still not affected by people too much.
POSSIBLE TO SEE
Scorpion fish, moray eels, octopuses, different corals, colorful algae, schools of fish, spiny lobster, forkbeards, red mullets, lots of cracks and holes to peak in to, on occasion bigger fish.
Gorgonia cliff
DEPTH. Diving depth on this cliff is from 10 to 40 m but the cliff goes down to maximum 60 m.
DIFFICULTY. Difficulty of this dive depends mostly on conditions and currents but is usually accessible for beginners as well for experienced divers
VISIBILITY. From 30 to 50 m. crystal clean water
CURRENTS. Sometimes especially during low season current are strong and can make a problems for beginners.
SPECIAL PERMITS. No special permits needed
TYPE OF DIVE. Cliff dive
RECOMMENDATION. Great cliff
DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVE
Gorgonia cliff is located on the same island as Alain's cliff but is very different. The dive starts on the south- east part of the island on just 5m depth. After a short swim toward the south side of the island you will come on the first ''step'' from 7 to 15 m. and than on the cliff which starts with the vertical cannion. From there on rocks form shelves with the cuts underneath where you can peek in and, in some, even enter entirely. In one moment, you will come over the big Gorgonia fans which expend on entire height of the cliff a great view. It depends on the strength of the current on which point of the dive will the dive guide turn around and head back toward the dive boat. Entire dive follows the shape of the island V.Smokvica (translation: Big fig) so it's not hard to orientate.
TIPS & TRICKS
Diving centers in the area sometimes make drift dives on this location which proves how strong the current can be. Usually under 20 m. there is no current but as you reduce the depth suddenly current starts pulling you in the opposite direction. Trick is to empty your jacket and go as close to the bottom as possible so you are protected from the currant from the surrounding rocks. There are also plenty of smaller rocks to hold on to.
POSSIBLE TO SEE
Scorpion fish, moray eels, octopuses, different corals, colorful algae, schools of fish, spiny lobster, forkbeards, red mullets, lots of cracks and holes to peak in to, on occasion bigger fish.
Mulo dive - lighthouse
DEPTH Depth on this dive depends on divers experience and diving category. Depth gradually goes down to 50 m
DIFFICULTY Difficulty of this dive depends mostly on conditions and currents but is usually accessible for beginners as well for experienced divers
VISIBILITY From 30 to 50 m. crystal clean water
CURRENTS Usually current is strong and can make a problems for beginners.
SPECIAL PERMITS No special permits needed
TYPE OF DIVE Steppe cliff dive
RECOMMENDATION On this dive you will se more bio-diversity than on any other diving locations except Eco dive. Great dive.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVE
On Mulo dive current is usually there. If diving leader knows the dive he can start it in relatively calm sea. There are two dives you can do without changing boat location. Both dives start from few meters depth between big rocks which form small channels. As you go on you will pass over few steps, each few meters height, until around 20 m when you come on the top of the 20 m cliff full of life. Cliff is entirely covered with different organisms in beautiful colors. There are lots of holes and cracks where you can see moray eels, congers and lots of octopuses. First dive goes down to 30 meters on the cliff and back toward the boat. Second dive is shallower and goes all around the island Mulo.
TIPS & TRICKS
Current on this dive is always there and it can be really strong. Do not go wondering away from the dive leader, for if you miss the turn back point current can take you and than it will be a problem swimming back. On this small island there is Austro-Hungarian Light house built in 1873 looking really great. Today this light house is fully automatic, but in the old times there was a family living on it all year long. Watch out for fishing nets.
POSSIBLE TO SEE
Lots of nudibranchs, snails and golden zoanthids, in the cracks lots of congers and forkbeards, different corals, squids, colorful algae, spiny lobster, moray eels, alicia mirabilis, schools of fish, gorgonia fans
Notes:
ONE DIVE ( ON CLIFF, AROUND THE LIGHT HOUSE..) 23 WITHTBELT+CILINDER+BOAT + EXPERT GUIDENCE
TWO DIVES - DAILY EXCURSIONS 40
FOUR DIVES OF YOUR CHOICE 78
SIX DIVES OF YOUR CHOICE 114
EIGHT DIVES OF YOUR CHOICE 149
TEN DIVES OF YOUR CHOISE 182
TVELWE DIVES OF YOUR CHOISE 216
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