Scuba Diving Magazine have a guide to Scuba Diving vacations in Red Sea written by readers of the Magazine. They say that the lack of fresh water flowing into the sea, and the intense evaporation causes the Red sea to be saltier than most. The water is cooler, the seas are choppy , and visibility varies.

They also say here that:

Depending on which part of the Egyptian Red Sea you visit, you can dive shallow patch reefs, deep walls and shipwrecks, but for many divers, the best diving is found on coral ergs. Seamounts, pinnacles or bommies by other names, these coral mountains rise to within feet of the surface, offering shallow coral gardens swarmed by tropical fish and deep coral walls tended by massive pelagics.

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On one side of Croatia is the Adriatic Sea, with Italy just on the other side of the Adriatic Sea. Sea termperature at a depth of from 20 to 30 m remains constant througout the year, ranging from 16 to 17 degrees Centigrade. The sea is relatively calm, with no high waves or strong currents. In an article by Franco Banfi, she says the Adriatic coastline is the perfect place for a scuba diving tourist. Here’s the article about Scuba Diving in Croatia. Franco describes the sponges, squid eggs and featherstars, nudibranches, some squid eggs and lots more.

Ten Scuba Diving locations are described here for Scuba divers who want a Scuba Diving Vacation in Croatia. There is a wreck of a passenger ferry, sank in 1914, another wreck of a trade ship, a reef descending from 5 to 17 metres with a ship wreck in the reef’s incision. Another location is close to a small island, where there is a beautiful underwater wall, which extends from 5 to 45 metres in depth. There’s also an underwater cave located at a 26 metre depth.

There are more than 85 registered diving locations in Croatia. Here is a list of Resorts and Charters for when you are going on a Scuba Diving Vacation in Croatia

An article in The Guardian on May 14, 2005 describes Scuba Diving in Croatia There is even a 5 day course in Underwater Photography available in Croatia.

The more I read about Croatia, the more I want this on my list of places to dive. Shipwrecks and Underwater caves are common, and there is a lot of reef. It’s on my list for when I visit Europe.