Dubrovnik sits on the southern Adriatic and offers a compact but varied mix of site types: wrecks, walls, caves, and reefs within easy boat range of the Old Town. The two principal wrecks, Taranto and Kaiser Franz Joseph I, are both advanced dives that demand careful depth and decompression management. Caves such as Bezdan, which contains the two-masted coaster Aurora, add an overhead dimension to the diving. Visibility regularly reaches between fourteen and thirty metres depending on the site. Water stays cool through winter and spring before warming through summer, when temperatures peak. Species recorded here include gorgonians, red coral, common octopus, European spiny lobster, and marbled electric ray.
Monthly water temperature across Dubrovnik's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperatures sit around fifteen degrees Celsius from winter through early spring, rising to a peak in late summer before easing back through autumn. The warmest conditions for recreational diving fall between June and October, when a wetsuit of moderate thickness is usually sufficient. Winter diving is possible but cooler water demands a thicker suit.
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Water temperature around Dubrovnik ranges from about 15°C in January to 19°C in November, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 19°C) a 5mm suit is comfortable in Dubrovnik; in the coldest months (about 15°C) step up to a 7mm or semi-dry suit.
Fin maps 7 sites in Dubrovnik (7 scuba diving sites and 1 snorkelling spots, with some suited to both).
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