Saplun - Dubrovnik & South Coast
Saplun offers a relaxed dive, good for shaking off the rust or for newer divers. We found it a decent spot for spotting smaller critters, like nudibranchs on the rocks and plenty of damselfish darting about. It’s not a dramatic dive, but it's a pleasant way to spend an hour underwater when you’re in the Dubrovnik area.
- Location
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 42.780520, 16.994820
Marine Protected Area: Pupnatska luka
Nearby Dive Sites in Dubrovnik & South Coast
- Amphora - 10-25m (reef)
- Ankovica
- ARISTOTELES - 2m (wreck)
- B-24 (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
Nearest Dive Centres to Saplun
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