Primošten & Rogoznica · Croatia · Wreck
Sweet Wreck
Three broken sections at 15-23 m, named for a cargo of chocolate
Area photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Sweet Wreck lies in three main pieces between 15 and 23 m, close enough together that one dive covers all of them. It takes its name from the cargo it was carrying, chocolate and biscuits, and the published accounts of what the ship was and how it was lost do not agree, so this page names neither. Conger eels, crabs and octopus have moved into the broken sections.
Where it is and how deep
43.5168° N, 15.9440° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The wreck is scattered rather than whole: three main pieces spread between 15 and 23 m, which a single dive covers without hurrying. You circle the stern first, where the steering wheel is still attached in its original place, then swim on to the deck section and finally to the third piece. The ground between them is shallow, so the swims cost little gas or time, and no published description of the site mentions an interior.
What lives on it is small. Conger eels use the holes in the plating, crabs work the open metal, and octopus take whatever cavity fits them; a school of fish usually circles the stern section and scorpionfish sit in the sand around the deck piece. With the deepest part at 23 m the profile stays flat, which leaves time to look properly at all three sections before the boat picks you up.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Unnamed wreck known as the Sweet Wreck
- Type
- Cargo vessel, identity unconfirmed
- Cause
- Not independently confirmed; the published accounts of the sinking conflict
- Lies
- In three main pieces between 15 and 23 m, the stern with its steering wheel still in place
The wreck is known by its cargo rather than by its name: the catalogue records that it got the name Sweet Wreck from the chocolate and biscuits it was carrying. What the ship was and how it went down are not settled — the catalogue and the operator that dives it publish different accounts, and the operator hedges its own — so neither is stated here. What is on the bottom is not in question: three separate pieces, the stern still carrying its steering wheel.
Marine life and season
- Octopus & cuttlefish
- Macro critters
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Fair | Fair |
Season follows Primošten & Rogoznica: The swimming season runs June to October; Pongo prices a low season as well, so winter diving happens at around 12–15 °C.
Sources
- Sweet Wreck — Scubago
- Best Dives in Croatia — Diving Center Pongo
- Sweet Wreck — Diving Center Pongo
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