Istria
Croatia · Adriatic Sea
Croatia's northwestern peninsula hosts the northern Adriatic's most celebrated wrecks alongside dolphin-patrolled marine parks — the Baron Gautsch passenger ship and a WWII B-17 bomber draw history-minded divers, while the Brijuni Islands national park offers crystalline water and Mediterranean biodiversity.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is busy.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
22 species across the dive sites here
Common Wall Lizard
Seen 20 days ago
at Savudrija Wall
Least concern
Italian Wall Lizard
Seen 20 days ago
at Baron Gautsch
Least concern
Marbled Crab
Seen 21 days ago
at B-17 Flying Fortress
Warty Crab
Seen 25 days ago
at Brijuni Islands
European Shag
Seen 26 days ago
at Savudrija Wall
Least concern
Common bottlenose dolphin
Seen 1 month ago
at Brijuni Islands
Least concern
East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse
Seen 1 month ago
at Savudrija Wall
Least concern
Common cuttlefish
Seen 1 month ago
at Savudrija Wall
Least concern
Common Two-Banded Seabream
Seen 1 month ago
at Brijuni Islands
Least concern
Salema Porgy
Seen 1 month ago
at B-17 Flying Fortress
Least concern
Conger eel
Seen 1 month ago
at Baron Gautsch
Least concern
Painted Comber
Seen 2 months ago
at Savudrija Wall
Least concern
European conger
Seen 3 months ago
at B-17 Flying Fortress
Least concern
Octopus
Seen 5 months ago
at Baron Gautsch
Least concern
Posidonia seagrass meadow
Seen 5 months ago
at Brijuni Islands
Least concern
Dentex
Seen 10 months ago
at Baron Gautsch
Vulnerable
Gilthead sea bream
Seen 10 months ago
at Baron Gautsch
Least concern
Rockfish
Seen 11 months ago
at B-17 Flying Fortress
Least concern
Deadman's fingers
Seen year round
at B-17 Flying Fortress
Dusky grouper
Seen year round
at Brijuni Islands
Moray eel
Seen year round
at Savudrija Wall
Least concern
Red sea fan
Seen year round
at Savudrija Wall
Dive sites
Baron Gautsch
conger eel · dentex · gilthead sea bream · octopus
Brijuni Islands
dusky grouper · common bottlenose dolphin · posidonia seagrass meadow · italian wall lizard
B-17 Flying Fortress
european conger · rockfish · deadman's fingers · italian wall lizard
Savudrija Wall
red sea fan · common cuttlefish · moray eel · european shag