Purple Bay - Split & Central Dalmatia
Purple Bay, just off the coast in Central Dalmatia, offers a straightforward dive. You’ll find a rocky slope descending gently, with scattered sponges and small gorgonians clinging to the rock face. It’s a good spot for a relaxed second dive or for divers getting reacquainted with their gear, typically without strong currents. Keep an eye out for blennies darting between the rocks and small groupers in the crevices.
- Location
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 43.320244, 16.888990
- Type
- reef
Marine Protected Area: Crni rat - o. Brač
Nearby Dive Sites in Split & Central Dalmatia
- AURORA - 5m (wreck)
- Bijelac reef (reef)
- Bratin
- Crnac - 10-30m (reef)
- Drasan plic
- Hvar Island - 10-40m
- JELSA I - 60m (wreck)
- Kaleb plic
- KENMAR - 13m (wreck)
- LOASSO (POSSIBLY) - 17m (wreck)
- Lukovac
- Lukovci - 10-30m (reef)
- Male Stine
- MARIJA (PROBABLY) - 2m (wreck)
- Medjedina
Nearest Dive Centres to Purple Bay
- Bully Diving - Cala del Principe - ["PADI"]
- Croatia Divers - ["PADI"]
- Hvar Divers - ["PADI"]
- Scuba Diving Black Pearl
Marine Life in Split & Central Dalmatia
Home to 112 recorded species including 71 reef fish, 15 sharks & rays, 6 octopus & squid, 5 hard corals, 4 other, 3 seagrass & algae.
Notable Species
- Painted Comber (Serranus scriba) - Reef Fish
- Wrasse (Coris julis) - Reef Fish
- pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) - Reef Fish
- anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) - Reef Fish
- Salema (Sarpa salpa) - Reef Fish
- Garfish (Belone belone) - Reef Fish
- hake (Merluccius merluccius) - Reef Fish
- Mullet (Mullus barbatus) - Reef Fish
- dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) - Sharks & Rays
- Brown Comber (Serranus hepatus) - Reef Fish
- dory (Zeus faber) - Reef Fish
- Blotched Picarel (Spicara maena) - Reef Fish
- Thornback skate (Raja clavata) - Sharks & Rays
- Atlantic Spotted Flounder (Citharus linguatula) - Reef Fish
- Rockfish (Scorpaena notata) - Reef Fish
- Capelin (Trisopterus capelanus) - Reef Fish
- Pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) - Reef Fish
- Deep-body Pickarel (Spicara smaris) - Reef Fish
- Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) - Reef Fish
- Butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris) - Reef Fish