Kornati Islands · Croatia · Reef
Borovnik
Uninhabited islet on the park's authorised diving list
Area photo: ANDREJ NEUHERZ · CC BY-SA 3.0
Borovnik is an uninhabited islet of the Kornati and one of the nine zones where the national park authorises scuba diving. As everywhere in the park, individual diving is prohibited and the dive is run by a licensed organiser off a boat, with 40 metres as the deepest the park allows anyone to go. Nothing beyond those park rules is published about the site itself.
Where it is and how deep
43.8125° N, 15.2525° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
Borovnik is an uninhabited islet of the Kornati archipelago and one of the nine zones on the park's published list of places where diving is allowed, alongside Kornat (Opat - Tanka Prisliga), Samograd, Oključ, Mala Panitula, Vela Panitula, Rašip, Kasela and Mana. That list is the practical dive menu for the archipelago: individual scuba diving inside Kornati National Park is prohibited, so a dive here means booking with an organiser under contract with the park and going out on their boat.
The park's ceiling, not the seabed, sets the plan: 40 metres is the greatest depth allowed for diving anywhere in Kornati National Park, and the dive is run inside that. Night diving between 19:00 and 07:00 is not allowed, so the dive happens in daylight, after the boat ride out from Zadar, Šibenik or Murter. No depth profile, visibility figure or current reading is published for this site, so the shape of the dive is whatever the organiser briefs on the day.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off-season | Off-season | Fair | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Fair | Off-season |
Season follows Kornati Islands: The park licenses diving Apr–Oct, warmest Jul–Sep; the bura wind closes the exposed outer walls at short notice.
Know before you go
- No depth profile, current or visibility is published for this site: agree the plan and the maximum depth with the park-licensed organiser at the briefing.
Dive videos
20141003_Borovnik_Scuba Diving · Vojko Nezmah on YouTube
KWS diving - Národní park Kornati - Borovnik, Chorvatsko · KWS on YouTube
Questions divers ask
Can you dive at Borovnik?+
Yes, with a licensed operator. Borovnik is one of the nine zones on Kornati National Park's list of places where diving is allowed; individual diving anywhere in the park is prohibited.
Sources
- Diving and snorkelling - Kornati National Park — Kornati National Park (official)
- Kornati National Park — Wikivoyage
- Borovnik (Kornat) — Wikipedia (hr)
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