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''Taranto'' warship was built in 1912 and was under the Austro-Hungarian command.

After the World War I it fell to the Italian navy and they converted it into a ship for transporting goods.
It sunk in 1943, having struck a mine in front of the Grebeni ( Reef) islet.

The wreck bow (1/3 of the wreck) is leaning against an underwater reef, at an angle of 45 degrees, some 23 to 30 meters deep.
The stern of the wreck (2/3 of the wreck) lies on the sea bottom. The stern top is at the depth of 40 m while the stern bottom is 52 meters deep down.

The stern rope of the boat gets tied to the top of the wreck bow (23 m) and you dive down the rope.
At the top of the wreck bow there is always a great shoal of little fishes who feed on the microorganisms carried by the sea current from the blue depths.
After watching the fish for a short while we descend along the wreeck bow.
You can see the interior of the ship bow, covered with scattered old Pirelli bicycle tyres, ladders and ropes.

Diving deeper to 35-40 m: on both sides of the wreck there is a toilet for the ship crew, and a little deeper we shall come across the steam engine of the ship, which is rather big.
From the steam engine towards the sea surface there goes an approx. 10 m long chimney, grown all over by different kinds of sponges.
Around the steam engine you can usually see two large stone basses, while at the bottom under the stern, there is usually a shoal of large surmullets always rummaging for something.

This diving location is at the island of Koločep below the Cape Bezdan (Abyss).
Locationn has on its left side the Cape Bezdan with a lighthouse on the top, and on the right side there is a beautiful small bay characterized by its steep and high crags swooping down into the sea. On the internal side of the cape there is a small part of the shoreline paved with the concrete, ideal for landing and anchoring; also, on the cape under the lighthouse, there is a small lake that cannot be seen from the sea. Except for diving, it is also ideal for jumping off the crags and swimming.

When we cast anchor from the internal part of the cape, at the concrete-paved part of the shoreline, we dip down to 2-4 m depth and dive on the internal side of the cape along an underwater reef 5-27 m deep. The crag is covered with sea-moss and soft corals, and in the summer period full of damselfish shoals peering out of the crag holes reminding us that this is their residential area.
After the cape the underwater reef falls step-like down to 57 m depth.

We shall continue our diving along the shallower part of the underwater reef (10 m ) with the shore on our right. After approximately ten minutes we shall arrive up to the entrance of the cave that is some 8 -12 meters deep. The cave entrance is around 10 m wide and some 5 m high, and in front of it there are stone blocks shattered around.

The cave bottom is covered with small stones, so there is no danger of sand coming up from the bottom. Cave underwater reefs and ceiling are covered with magnificent colours given by various kinds of sea-moss, sponge and jellyfish (Cnidaria).

In its interior the cave gets narrower and the surface of a small lake is seen through a hole. The lake surface is smooth at the beginning and so the outer part of the lake can be perfectly seen, as well as the sunrays dancing around and creating an incredible "light show".
We get out of the lake through a 1-meter long and 1-meter deep passage. After that we dive back to the boat at a smaller depth (10 m) with the shore on our left side.

When we reach the boat we shall go towards the middle of the bay, where at a depth of 16-19 m the rests of a two-masted coaster named ''Aurora'' wait for us, whose iron hull, winch, cabin and some minor parts are scattered in the shallow end at a depth of 5 meters so that depth will serve us instead of a security stop at the end of our diving.

ADVICE:
Take along a lamp and dive at a depth previously determined by the divemaster so as to have enough oxygen to look up all the interesting things.

DUBINA: 3- 40 m

TEŽINA: pogodna za početnike i napredne ronioce

VOŽNJA BRODOM :10 min

TRAJANJE IZLETA: 10.00-12.30 ili 14.30-17.00

Lokacija počinje s unutrašnje strane dvije hridi po imenu Grebeni. Na većoj hridi nalazi se kuća sa svjetionikom i mali mol od betona idealan za sidrenje i početak ronilačkog zarona.

S unutrašnje strane, gdje se nalazi mali mol, dno je kamenito i dubine od 2-10 m. Tu se mogu vidjeti raznobojne vrste algi, ježinci, zvijezde i dosta malih riba, crneja, šparova i piceva.

Stjenovito dno s unutrašnje strane blago pada do 10 metara dubine, odakle se počinje pružati voga - morska trava (Posidonia oceanica), do oko 40 metara dubine. Nakon razgledavanja unutrašnje strane prolazimo kroz prolaz između dvije hridi. Prolaz je relativno plitak, oko 3 m i dugačak 10 metara. Umjereno jaka protustruja na koju se nailazi u prolazu lako je savladiva.

U prolazu možete naići na razne spužve, žarnjake i školjke kao i ribu Papigaču (Thallasoma Pavo). To je šarena riba iz tropskih mora kojoj pogoduje toplina mora na južnom Jadranu pa se tu rado zadržava.

Nakon prolaza, dolazimo na vanjsku stranu hridi gdje nastavljamo roniti na lijevu stranu gdje su litice izbrazdane pukotinama, procijepima, poluspiljama i kamenim gromadama koji su puni života. Kada se vidi najzanimljivije na lijevoj vanjskoj strani hridi vraćamo se natrag prema prolazu na malo većoj dubini (25 m) i nastavljamo roniti tako da nam je obala sa desne strane. Negdje otprilike na polovici hridi s vanjske strane nalazi se veliki procijep, širok 3 metra i dugačak 9-10 metara koji se uvlači u hrid.

Roneći dalje dolazimo do kraja hridi na koji se nadovezuje podvodni zid koji se proteže u dubinu. Mi izranjamo na početku toga podvodnog zida do dubine od 5 metara i nastavljamo roniti na toj dubini s unutrašnje stane hridi do mola i broda odakle smo i započeli zaron.

SAVJET:
Prilikom prolaska kroz prolaz nastojte plivati što bliže dnu da smanjite otpor morske struje.

VOŽNJA BRODOM: 40 min

TRAJANJE IZLETA: 9.30-13.00 ili 14.00-17.30

VIDLJIVOST: odlična

OPIS LOKACIJE:
Otok Sveti Andrija se nalazi oko dvije morske milje jugozapadno od Lopuda.
Ronilačka lokacija smještena je na jugozapadnoj vanjskoj strani otoka. Prepoznatljiva je po okomitoj klisuri koja se obrušava u more. Na rubu vanjske klisure smješten je svjetionik. Ova ronilačka lokacija poznata je od davnina po prekrasnom tamno crvenom koralju.

Brod se sidri sa unutrašnje plitke srane otoka, što bliže vanjskoj strani gdje počinje okomita klisura. Dubina gdje se sidri brod je oko 3-10 metara. Dno je kamenito, obraslo algama, te prepuno ježinaca, zvijezda i manjih riba.

Roneći na 3 m dubine prema vanjskoj strani, dolazimo na rub litice. Kad provirite preko ruba, zadiviti će vas pogled na veliku dubinu, dubinu od 80 m. Prozirnost mora je toliko dobra da vam se čini da je dno na tridesetak metara dubine. Litica koja se izvana strmoglavo spušta u more puna je svakoraznih spužvi, algi, žarnjaka i riba.

Pažljivo promatrajući, među kamenim gromadima i procjepima, naići ćete na žarnice, bijele i prozračne poput snježnih pahuljica. To je živi crveni koralj.

Nažalost, crvenog koralja je sve manje i to tek na sve većim dubinama zbog dobre tržišne cijene, pa bi bilo poželjno ne dirati ih. Velike kirnje, škarpine, jastozi, murine i jata raznih riba su normalna pojava na ovoj lokaciji.

Kako se obično prvo roni dublje, na povratku se roni na 12 m dubine gdje ćemo naići na podvodnu špilju u samoj litici. Špilja je prepuna raznovrsnih koralja sa prelijepim bojama.

Na dnu špilje, u tami, često obitavaju jata malih kozica, koja su prekrasan prizor kada ih se osvijetli lampom. Roneći od špilje dvjestotinjak metara na manjoj dubini vraćamo se do broda.

SAVJET:
Imajte na umu , da velika dubina i prozirnost mora znaju zavarati ronioca, pa se zaron vrši na većoj dubini nego što je planirano.