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Island of Pag Diving: Reefs

The beauty and fascination of Pag doesn’t lie only on the island’s surface. Dive into the clear blue waters of the Adriatic and you’ll find a captivating world of submarine colour, enchanting underwater caves, and reefs teeming with marine life.
Diving on the Island of Pag is fast becoming one of its most popular holiday pastimes drawing divers from all over Europe. Several diving centres on the Island of Pag offer registered courses for those looking to enter this fascinating world and for those more advanced divers keen to improve their skills. Experienced wreck divers can explore several sunken boats including the Euterpe steamship, a large passenger vessel torpedoed by an Italian submarine during the First World War. Two torpedo boats lie at depths of 80 metres, the HMS Aldenham and the TA-20 ex. Audace. More suitable for novice divers are the wrecks of two Corvettes sunk in 1944. Lying at depths of just 8.7 metres, these sites can be visited by both professional and amateur divers.
In addition to the many Island of Pag wrecks waiting to be explored, there are plenty of other fascinating dive sites, such as the Golubera Cave. Its entrance is located at a depth of five metres and leads to an area where you can clamber out onto a small daylight beach. Look out for octopus and sea horse near the Šimuni campsite, an ideal place for beginners. Along the underwater walls off the coast of Maun Island nearby you’ll encounter frogfish, groupers and lobsters.
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EUTERPE steam ship

EUTERPE steam ship

The Euterpe steamship was owned by the Austro-Hungarian Lloyd and was built in 1907. On the night of 11.07.1918, an Italian submarine F-16 torpedoed it and it sank. Before the First World War EUTERPE was a wonderful large passenger ship and sailed a number of express routes to the Near East and Mediterranean. Just before the beginning of the First World War, the boat was put into decommission, and rested until 1918 when the military authorities took it out of decommission. In 1918, Euterpe once again sailed the Adriatic as a military transportation boat for the transport of materials and military equipment. When the Euterpe was hit by two torpedoes, the boat began to quickly sink and ended up at a depth of 85 metres. The wreck is located on a sludgy sea bed. The top of the mast is at a depth of 69 metres whilst the hull is located at a depth of 85 metres. Due to its depth, this location is suitable for professional divers who dive with mixed gases.
Torpedo boat TA-20, ex. AUDACE

Torpedo boat TA-20, ex. AUDACE

This torpedo boat was built in 1914 and sunk during the night of 01.11.1944. Today the wreck of the boat TA-20, ex. AUDACE is located at a depth of 80 metres and attracts many professional divers.
HMS ALDENHAM

HMS ALDENHAM

The torpedo boat HMS ALDENHAM was built in 1942. On 12.12.1944, it hit a mine and sank. Its wreck can be explored and is located at 85 metres deep.
ALBANIA

ALBANIA

The ship Albania was built in 1910 in Trieste and sunk in 4.6.1916. The wreck is located at a depth of 72 metres near to the town of Novalja.
Corvette UJ 202 and UJ 208

Corvette UJ 202 and UJ 208

The boats UJ 202 and UJ 208 were types of corvette produced in 1944 and were sunk on the 10.9 and 11.09.1943. Their wrecks are located at a depth of 8.7 metres and can be visited by professional and amateur divers.
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