Adventure Croatia submarine Sea-and-Submarine-World

More than half the total of the territorial area of Croatia is accounted for by the country's offshore waters - a sea thai is warm, clean, blue and washed by the sun. Ferocious winds, towering waves and strong currents are rare, and there is no significant tidol range. Perfect Croatia Holidays!

The submarine world has a varied relief, given both to cliffs and sandy areas, its flora and fauna diverse and colourful. The sea is at its shallowest around the Istrian coastline (as little as 50 meters) and descending to 250 metres in the neighbourhood of the Island of Palagruza.
 

The further south one goes, the significantly deeper the waters become - and around the isle of Jobuka the sea reaches a depth of 1 300 metres. The coastol and deep, open waters teem with hundreds of species of fish: Cephalopoda, crabs and shellfish. Brackish waiers in the area around the submarine freshwater springs and river mouths abound in eels and grey mullet. Tidal movements are irregular and with no significant amplitudes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidal range in the north is up to 1 metre, and in the south not more than 40 cm. Sea currents move at an average speed of 0.5 knots, the fastest being 4 knots. The most frequent wave height ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 metres but rarely exceeds 5 metres, even during a strong southerly wind, Salinity level of the sea is slightly lower in the north than in the southern waters, being on average 38.30 per niille. Average annual temperature of the sea is 11 °C; in winter the lowest surface temperature is around 7 °C, in spring about 18 °C, and in summer between 22 and 27 °C.

 

 

 

 

Cave findings of the Hvar Culture have revealed the type of ship sailed in these waters in 3500 BC. Illyrian war vessel -the liburno, and the early Croatian sage-no and condura, once journeyed (using sails and oars) the length and breadth of the Adriatic and throughout the Mediterranean, The Croats have excelled in shipbuilding and have been seafarers since times immemoria. Their sailing vessels have traversed the oceans and even explored the New World. They are still building ships - from classic timber-built yachts to supertankers, and which today are a common sight on oil the world's oceans. The traditional fishing boats fitted with a single mast - the leut and the gajeta -are still the used by fishing families. The traditional meal enjoyed by fishermen and sailors is, of course, fish and other frutti di more, seasoned with virgin olive oil.