Hvar & the Pakleni Islands · Croatia · Wreck · Reef
Tatinja
A wooden boat's cargo left on the seabed after the hull rotted away
Tatinja is an old wreck site dived from Jelsa and Vrboska where the wooden boat itself has disappeared and only its cargo remains on the seabed. It pairs a look at a nineteenth-century cargo of ceramic dishes and coins with a reef in the shallows, which gives the dive a second half.
Where it is and how deep
No published position for this site — the map shows Hvar & the Pakleni Islands and its other sites; operators know the mooring.
The dive
The boat was wooden and is gone, but its cargo still lies on the bottom at 30 m: ceramic dishes and coins, all from 1864. In shallow water there is a reef that rounds off the dive.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Wooden boat, name not recorded
- Type
- Wooden cargo vessel
- Cause
- Not recorded; the wooden hull has since disappeared
- Lies
- Hull gone; ceramic dishes and coins from 1864 lie on the bottom at 30 m
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair |
Season follows Hvar & the Pakleni Islands: Boats run from 1 May to 1 October; no month stands out as best for the diving, and August is the busiest.
Dive videos
20081009 Hvar St Tatinja Wall Diving · Vojko Nezmah on YouTube
Sources
- Dive Sites - Black Pearl Jelsa — Black Pearl Scuba Diving Jelsa
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