Taranto (Wreck) - Budva & Bar
The Taranto wreck sits upright at 40 metres, a well-preserved Italian cargo ship torpedoed in 1943. We find the hold accessible to advanced divers, where light filters through, illuminating scattered amphorae and old ceramics. It’s a quiet dive, the wreck now home to conger eels and scorpionfish, ideal for those interested in maritime history and a deeper exploration.
- Location
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 42.651500, 18.042500
- Type
- wreck
- Maximum Depth
- 40m
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Nearby Dive Sites in Budva & Bar
- AGIP MARCHE (MIDSHIPS SECTION) - 50m (wreck)
- AURORA (PROBABLY) - 10m (wreck)
- Blue Grotto - 3-15m (cave)
- BOLANA - 25m (wreck)
- BRINDISI - 13m (wreck)
- Budva Diving
- Dive shop
- galiola
- Jezero Spajici - 15m (lagoon)
- Kaiser Franz Joseph I, wreck - 27m (wreck)
- Kolocep Bezdan Abyss - 21m
- Mali Katic
- PAGANINI - 37m (wreck)
- Patrolac
- Patrol Boat PBR512 wreck - 22m (wreck)
Nearest Dive Centres to Taranto (Wreck)
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