SHKVAL - Budva & Bar
The SHKVAL, a substantial fishing vessel, went down after a fire in 1975, and now sits in just 13 metres of water off Budva. We're talking about a serious wreck here, 135 metres long, originally built in Germany. While it's relatively shallow, giving you plenty of bottom time, it's still an impressive structure to explore. Expect to see the hull and superstructure, now well-colonised by sponges and small schooling fish. It’s a comfortable dive for most experience levels and a good one for photographers looking for a large, intact wreck profile.
- Location
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 42.454500, 18.661667
- Type
- wreck
- Maximum Depth
- 13m
Marine Protected Area: Kotorsko risanski bay
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- BOLANA - 25m (wreck)
- BRINDISI - 13m (wreck)
- Budva Diving
- Dive shop
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- Kaiser Franz Joseph I, wreck - 27m (wreck)
- Kolocep Bezdan Abyss - 21m
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- Patrolac
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Nearest Dive Centres to SHKVAL
Marine Life in Budva & Bar
Home to 71 recorded species including 40 reef fish, 16 sharks & rays, 4 other, 3 seagrass & algae, 3 whales & dolphins, 2 octopus & squid.
Notable Species
- Thornback skate (Raja clavata) - Sharks & Rays
- dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) - Sharks & Rays
- hake (Merluccius merluccius) - Reef Fish
- Mullet (Mullus barbatus) - Reef Fish
- Gurnard (Trigla lyra) - Reef Fish
- Common brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis)
- Brown Skate (Raja miraletus) - Sharks & Rays
- Slender Seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa) - Seagrass & Algae
- lesser argentine (Argentina sphyraena) - Reef Fish
- Cape Shark (Squalus acanthias) - Sharks & Rays
- dory (Zeus faber) - Reef Fish
- grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) - Reef Fish
- Soldier (Chelidonichthys cuculus) - Reef Fish
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Blotched Picarel (Spicara maena) - Reef Fish
- Black-bellied angler (Lophius budegassa) - Reef Fish
- Deep-body Pickarel (Spicara smaris) - Reef Fish
- Mediterranean feather star (Antedon mediterranea)
- Rig (Galeorhinus galeus) - Sharks & Rays
- Capelin (Trisopterus capelanus) - Reef Fish