Dive site on a small island with two caves and a grotto
Data & Description
Downloads:
Diving Center Petra - Rifftauchplätze
(16. September 2005, 299.5 KiB, 476 Downloads)
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Difficulty²:
Position:
southwest of Rovinj
Boat trip:
~10 minutes from Rovinj
Maximum depth:
30 meters
Current:
often and changing
Local dive center:
Scuba Rovinj
Description local dive center:
Scuba Rovinj is located a few kilometers southeast of Rovinj at Camping Veštar.
The Diving Center Petra, where we went diving in the 2000s, no longer exists, but the great diving boat continues going out to the dive spots with Scuba Rovinj.
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Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sitesa
Description dive spot:
One of the most beautiful reef diving places in the Rovinj area.
In the upper area in the middle of the island there is the entrance to a smaller cave at a depth of about 5 meters. Through a corridor you enter the central room of the cave, which is illuminated by an opening at the top by the sun. In the dark parts there are red starfish, dark sea cucumbers and schools of goatfish.
Another cave and a grotto are located at a depth of 7 to 16 meters. Here are countless gobies, swarms of bipedal bream, black bream and other small fish.
The two caves as well as the grotto are easy to dive.
At 26 to 30 meters there is an interesting wall.
Contributed by:
Martin Sebald
Last content update:
2021/09/15
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