Diving Croatia Marinero

Croatia diving cruise ship Marinero

Organized diving Croatia with diving instructors and cruising in Adriatic on board Marinero. She is steel built ship with amenities like no other cruise ship or gulet available for charter in Croatia Adriatic sea. With it's vast sun deck area, spacious cabins equipped with individually operated A/C air condition system and shower, large salon with pianno, is guarantee for safe and memorable cruising experience in Croatia. Beside classic cruising, Marinero offers organized diving in Croatia with support of licensed diving instructors and diving equipment from airfill compressors to diving suites, regulators, masks, air cylinders ....  
Professional crew, Captain ( ex.fisherman) with knowledge of diving routes in Croatia, Adriatic is what you are looking for ! Some of the diving points are even not known to other organized diving cruises,  such places are Captain best kept secret ! Marinero offers diving on remote places in Adriatic like no other small cruise ship i.e. gulet can offer ! That is for sure !

Technical Specifications :

Lenght : 36.92 m
Beam : 6.60 m
Draft : 4.00 m
Built : 1970 Refitted : 1998/05
Yard : Hamburg - Germany
Engine : MAK 550 HP
Generators : 1 x 32 kW, 1 x 22kW, 1 x 22 kW
Range : 1.500 Nm
Air Condition : Yes
Fuel capacity : 57.000 lt
Water capacity : 32.000 lt
Black Water : 4.000 lt
Cabins : 11 ( 3 double + 5 cabins ( 2+1) + 2 cabins three single beds + 1 cabin 4 single beds )  - All cabins en suite
Crew : 3+1 ( sleeps separately in crew qters )
Speed Engine : 9.00 - 11.0 Max Knots
Material : Steel

Amenities / Equipment :

Electronics :
Depth sounder,  compass 1, VHF, Radar GPS, special navigation system NAV PRO (vector charts)
ship mobile telephone, music and TV set, icemaker, A/C

Deck / Safety :
life raft 40 pax, life jackets: 40, fire ext: 10 and auto eng. system, anchor 2, Chain: 150 m, windlass: hydraulic,Stearing system

Toys :
Dinghy 4.00 m
Outboard: 15 HP Tohatsu


Booking charter conditions for Marinero charter Croatia :

Half board is obligatory !

The price include:
A week rental with four crew members
Half board arrangement - includes full breakfast, lunch or dinner, tea, coffee and water for a week
Passenger Insurance
All port taxes/Mooring Fees
Fuel for 4 hours cruising per day
Rib - Tender - speed boat

Complete linen and towels

Extras:
Beverages, Deliveries, Scuba Diving
(Full board can be arranged for an extra cost)

Food and beverages option:  
Half Board …… 110 /pax/week (breakfast plus 1 meal per day)
Full Board……. .150 /pax/week(breakfast plus 2 meals per day)
All inclusive (domestic beverages) 370 euro pax/week

Payment:
50% upon signing contract
50% six weeks prior to departure

Check-in: Split (or Trogir), Saturday, from 17.00 hours
Check-out: Split (or Trogir), Saturday, until 09.00 hours


Diving Prices :


Price include : Cylinder, weight belt and instructors on board
Air compressor : capacity 400 lit/min
Suport Inflatable boat

Price does not include :
- Croatian Diving License  € 15.00 per person valid for one year
- Air fill € 0.50 per liter
- Diving with master instructor per week € 50.00
- Special Aeras divining ( see below ) €  10.00 per /dive

Diving in Special diving Areas :

In the Republic of Croatia individual zones in the territorial sea are covered by special regulations for the organization of diving activities. These are zones under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture (NN 56/03 and 62/03) and the zones of the National parks Brijuni, Kornati and Mljet.
In these zones diving is permitted if organized by licensed diving centers and under the supervision of certified diving instructors.

Zones under the protection of the Ministry of Culture:

    - wreck of the passenger ship BARON GAUTSCH (Rovinj zone)
    -  wreck of the war ship CORIOLANUS (Rovinj zone),
    - Island of VIS (archaeological zone)
    - CAVTAT zone (archaeological zone)
    -  wreck of the war ship S-57 (Peljesac)
    - Island of LASTOVO (archaeological zone)
    - Island of MLJET (archaeological zone)
    - Island of ZIRJE zone (archaeological zone)
    - Island of PALAGRUZA zone (archaeological zone)
    - Island of CRES zone (archaeological zone)
    - wreck of the war shop TA 45
    - Island of KAKANJ zone (archaeological zone)
    - wreck of the ship FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (along the Island of Kaprije)
    - Island of KRAPANJ zone (archaeological zone)
    - Island of ZIRJE zone (shipwreck MUNA)
    - ROGOZNICA zone (archaeological zone)
    - wreck of the war airplane B-24 LIBERATOR (Vrsar zone)
    - wreck of the trade ship HANS SHMIDT (Rovinj zone)
    - Island of HVAR zone (archaeological zone)
    - wreck of the war ship TA 36 ("Stella Polare") (Brestova Kvarner zone)
    - wreck of the war ship FLAMINGO (Pula zone)
    - PERMANTURA PULA zone (archaeological zone)
    - Island of ILOVIK zone (archaeological zone)
    - Island of UNIJE zone (archaeological zone, wreck of the steamship TIHANY)
    - Island of MALI LOSINJ zone (archaeological zone)
    - Island of OSOR zone (archaeological zone)
    - Island of SUSAK zone (archaeological zone)

National parks and Nature parks zones:

    - National park BRIJUNI
    - Nature park TELASCICA
    - National park KORNATI
    - National park MLJET

Prices and instructors in these diving zones as per rates provided by concessionaries i.e. licensed professional diving centers approved by Croatian Government.

Informations about diving in Croatia :

Undoubtedly the most attractive diving locations in the Adriatic are underwater cliff faces and reefs, caves and the wrecks of ships and 2nd WW planes. The Croatian land mass ranks among the most specific in the world: Dalmatia itself lies on karst, full of crevices, caves, sink holes and channels. Based on the number of caves so far discovered on land it is estimated that there are at least 1500 underwater caves and holes still undiscovered in the Adriatic. In addition to plant and animal species endemic to the Adriatic, which are a highly sought-after target for photo and video safaris, the most attractive locations are those which conceal traces of times gone by: archaeological localities and underwater wrecks.

The oldest localities containing the remains of sunken ships date from the times of Antiquity, and are to be found on the ancient trading routes leading from Greece towards northern Italy, and all the colonies founded along that route on the shores of the Adriatic: Cavtat (Epidaurus), Mljet (Meleda), Korcula ( Kokira), Hvar ( Pharos), Vis (Issa), Split (Asphalatos / Spalatum), Solin (Salona), Trogir (Tragurium), Rogoznica (Heracleia), anchorage sites in the Kornati archipelago (Zirje, Lavsa, Murter), the wider area of Sibenik and Zadar (Liburnia / Jadera), Pula (Pola), Roman villas on the Brijuni islands, and many other micro-locations once used by ancient mariners as refuges and anchorages. In the Middle Ages trades links between Italy and the Middle East intensified, Venice became a booming trading metropolis, towns along the Croatian littoral experience strong development (Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar, Pula); naval battles of the 19th and 20th centuries leave their traces on the sea bed. Since WWII many wrecks have been lifted from the bottom of the sea (particularly along the Istrian coast), but there remains a considerable number of wrecks available to sports divers. Those at greater depths are still biding their time, waiting to be discovered and researched.

Diving Regulations :

According to current regulations it is possible to dive in Croatian waters if one has valid permission (annual diving identity card at a cost of 100 HRK per annum, and individual Permission for independent underwater activities, costing 2400 HRK per annum. Should tourist diving activity be planned in the registered diving centres (presented in this catalogue), then individual permission is not necessary. There are zones where diving is prohibited even with individual permission. These are those zones under special protection by the Ministry of Culture, and diving in those areas may be allowed but only when accompanied by a diving guide from an authorized diving centre.

In other words, you can dive anywhere in the Adriatic provided that you are accompanied by a professional guide (diving guide or diving instructor) whose job is to take ensure your safety and to show you diving locations in a direct and informed way. Every professionally organized diving centre fulfils all the conditions required to make your diving trip a safe, interesting and unforgettable experience.

Diving with autonomous diving gear (SCUBA diving) in the Republic of Croatia is permitted to local and foreign natural persons if they posses a diving card which upon the approval of he Ministry of Sea, transport, tourism and development (Ordinance on the carrying out of underwater activities: NN 47/99, 23/03, 52/03 and 58/03) is issued by the Croatian Diving Association (HRS).

The diving card is valid for 365 days from the date of issue and cost 100 Kuna.

The distribution of diving cards is organised through the sales centres of the HRS (Croatian Diving Association) and information regarding the nearest sales centre is available at every amateur club or professional tourist diving centre. Most of the diving clubs and diving centres act as sales centres of the HRS (Croatian Diving Association) and sell diving cards.

It is not necessary to posses a diving card for freediving (APNEA) and free diving is permitted on the area of the territorial sea of the Republic of Croatia without any specific limitations, except in specific zones insofar as it has been regulated by special provisions (e.g. National parks, etc.)

Two basic forms of organised diving in the Republic of Croatia:

1. ORGANISED DIVING:
Organised diving consists of diving activities which professional tourist diving centres (companies) or amateur diving clubs (associations) possessing concession approvals for training of divers and organisation of diving excursions carryout in the area of territorial seas and interior waters of the Republic of Croatia.
Organised diving is carried out by an authorised diving instructor (minimal category DIVING INSTRUCTOR - DIVE MASTER - DIVECON or equivalent) who shall keep an official diving log verified at the harbour master's office and branch of the harbour master's office and who has a complete first aid kit with oxygen (O2) at the location of the dive.

2. INDIVIDUAL DIVING
Individual diving is a form of underwater activity carried out by local and foreign natural persons without the supervision and organisation of certified diving instructors from diving centres or diving clubs.
Natural person who wish to carry out underwater activities independently with the use of autonomous equipment in this manner must possess an Approval for individual diving which they can obtain at the harbour master's office or branch of the harbour master's office.
The fees for individual diving amount to 2,400 Kn for 12 months. Divers who carryout underwater activities in this manner are not obligated to but they independently assume responsibility for diving safety, as well as responsibility for the manner of carrying out the dive (in accordance with legislation of the Republic of Croatia).

Informations used :  HTZ - Hrvatska Turisticka Zajednica