B-24 - Dubrovnik & South Coast
Dropping onto the B-24 bomber off Dubrovnik, you're looking at a piece of history resting between 10 and 30 metres. This is a bomber that went down in World War II, and while it's broken up a bit, the scale of it is still impressive. We usually see sections of the fuselage, engine parts, and wing remnants scattered across the seabed, all now home to octopuses, moray eels, and schools of damselfish darting through the structure. It’s a good one for anyone with a wreck specialty or those just looking to explore something a bit different from the usual reef dive. We’d suggest going early to avoid any boat traffic.
- Location
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 43.115900, 17.172490
- Type
- wreck
Marine Protected Area: Uvala Vlaška - Hvar
Nearby Dive Sites in Dubrovnik & South Coast
- Amphora - 10-25m (reef)
- Ankovica
- ARISTOTELES - 2m (wreck)
- Benesin rat
- BOKA - 20m (wreck)
- Eco village - Boracko lake - 9m
- Garda Wreck (wreck)
- Garma - 10-25m (reef)
- Glavat
- Govedari lake
- Kaljinski Buk - 4m
- Klokun - 15-30m (cave)
- Kolocep
- Lirica
- Luka bay - 5-20m (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to B-24
Marine Life in Dubrovnik & South Coast
Home to 100 recorded species including 60 reef fish, 15 sharks & rays, 6 hard corals, 5 whales & dolphins, 4 other, 3 seagrass & algae.
Notable Species
- hake (Merluccius merluccius) - Reef Fish
- Mullet (Mullus barbatus) - Reef Fish
- dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) - Sharks & Rays
- Thornback skate (Raja clavata) - Sharks & Rays
- dory (Zeus faber) - Reef Fish
- Pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) - Reef Fish
- Brown Comber (Serranus hepatus) - Reef Fish
- black goby (Gobius niger) - Reef Fish
- Blotched Picarel (Spicara maena) - Reef Fish
- Annular Seabream (Diplodus annularis) - Reef Fish
- Bogue (Boops boops) - Reef Fish
- Atlantic Spotted Flounder (Citharus linguatula) - Reef Fish
- lesser argentine (Argentina sphyraena) - Reef Fish
- Pollock (Trachurus trachurus) - Reef Fish
- grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) - Reef Fish
- Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) - Reef Fish
- Cape Shark (Squalus acanthias) - Sharks & Rays
- whiting (Merlangius merlangus) - Reef Fish
- Horse Mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus) - Reef Fish
- anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) - Reef Fish