This one in the video weighs about half a tonne,'' Ugarkovic stated. Make sure to follow our dedicated lifestyle page for more on sharks in Croatia. Daily Travel Updates Click for latest flights, border, corona news. Total Croatia Tourism Portal All your travel info in one place. By Lauren Simmonds 10 December Tagged under: sharks in croatia sharks croatia.
Jokester as he is, he said the only scuba diving he would sign up for would take place in his bathtub. And in Zagreb, just to be sure. Just to stress how silly those fears were, I give you the statistics. In the last year, there were 11 registered fatal shark attacks off Croatian waters, starting with one off Trieste in , back when Croatia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
To put things in perspective, in alone, people died from accidents due to falling from heights. Before you even set foot in the Adriatic Sea, a bigger hazard is that you will likely spend about three hours in a queue on the border with Slovenia, or stuck in a traffic jam on the highway entrance to the St Rok tunnel. Even if you come by plane, the chances are that the taxi driver will rip you off. Prepare also for hours of searching for a parking spot next to popular beaches, a danger to your nerves from which you may never recover.
All the ships had go around Africa. Coincidentally or not, the incidence of shark attacks rose. After the Canal got reopened, no more deadly attacks were recorded in Croatia. Vittorio Solinghi, an Italian, came to his aid, bravely attacked the shark and even pulled the young man ashore.
Schneider lost part of his leg and died of bleeding on the beach. Since then, just one attack has been recorded. A Slovenian diver, Damjan Pesek, was spearfishing near Vis, one of the most distant Croatian islands, in Attracted by the dead fish the diver had tied around his waist, the shark grabbed his left leg and almost bit it off. It tore the leg muscle to the bone, severely injuring the arteries and nerves in the foot. Although the incident permanently disabled him, he managed to survive. Interestingly, though, scuba divers seem never to be attacked by sharks because the air bubbles might repel them.
I have always lived by the sea. We all did, including my father and my brother. Even though it may be viewed as paranoid behaviour by some, these would be some safety tips:.
Statistic is nice, but I love to free-dive in Croatia at night. I am always thinking how dangerous is that. I am fun of movies like Reef, The Shallows During the day I spearfish, keeping the fish on the belt, so the blood of fish is always on my neoprene.
Absolutely top is to night dive in the storm I was lucky already twice: But slight disappointment is that I newer sow a shark.
Sharks are present in the Croatian Adriatic whether we like to think about them as we dip our feet in it during sweltering summer days or not. Sometimes there are encounters with divers, several of which were recorded in the Adriatic, the last time being in Kvarner. There are more than 30 species of sharks recorded in the Adriatic Sea, according to Ilija Cetkovic from the Society of Ecologists of Montenegro, who has been conducting research project on sharks within the territorial sea of Montenegro for the last three years.
There are about 20—30 species of sharks, but only two species of sharks that can rarely be seen in the Adriatic sea are dangerous to humans: the great white shark and the shortfin mako shark. Yes, swimming in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia is regarded as generally safe as long as you take some precautions: Always gradually enter into the water.
Many Croatian beaches are rocky or concrete.
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