Brač is an island located off of the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia, it is located in the Adriatic Sea. This island is known for its white pebble beach and attracts visitors who are interested in watersports such as windsurfing and, ofcourse, diving. There are dive centres on the island who know the dive sites like no other.  

One of the most attractive features of the underwater world here are the reefs. These flourishing reefs attract a lot of marine life, so there are always multiple exciting marine species to spot here. Divers here can have a range of different diving experiences; they can come here to increase their knowledge by taking dive courses, they can reach a point of underwater meditation during some relaxing, shallow dives, or they can reach new depths and explore the thrilling steep drop offs. 

Brac Island has a Mediterranean climate which means hot summer winters with a lot of rain. The air temperatures here range between a cold 8 degrees Celsius in the midst of winter, between December and February, and reaches up to 26 degrees Celsius in the summer months of July and August. The peak diving season lies between May and September when the waters are the most calm, the most clear and the warmest, with the least amount of rain and the least amount of currents. The water temperature here ranges between 12 and 24 degrees Celsius and the visibility is on average good throughout the year and ranges between 10 metres and 35 metres on the best days.

There are multiple different types of diving to be done for a wide range of divers; novice divers wanting to take dive courses or just wanting to enjoy the shallow reefs, thrill seeking divers who want to explore the rocky topography including caves and steep drop offs, and for technical divers who are wanting to admire the still high abundance of marine life at deep depths. The reefs here come in all shapes and sizes from walls to drop offs to plateaus but they all have one thing in common; they are colourful and teeming with life. 

The marine life around Brač is a great representation of what the Adriatic Sea has to offer, which is mainly; colour. The marine flora and fauna here are all sizes, shapes, textures and colours. The reefs are made up of different species of Hard Corals such as the famous Red Corals, Soft Corals, Anemones, Sea Sponges such as Sulfur Sponges, Algae such as Pink Algae and much more. This flora attracts species such as Sea Snails, different species of Lobsters, Crabs and other Crustaceans, Sea Slugs and Starfish. Some of the larger critters include Octopus, Moray Eels, Conger Eels, Scorpion Fish, Seahorses, Triplefins and more.

There are also many fish species which usually appear in schools including reef fish such as Damselfish and many other colourful species. On the luckiest days, divers have spotted Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Spotted Sharks and Cat Sharks!

Purple Bay is a dive site off the coast of Brac Island and is made up of four steep drop offs. These drop offs are completely covered in vibrantly covered marine life including Sea Sponges, Sea Fans and a selection of Coral. Divers have also seen the Spotted Shark swim by here, which is a unique species. 

Zvirje is an impressive wall drop off dive site and is great for recreational as well as technical divers. The wall drops down to 47 metres and houses a large collection of marine life including Yellow Sponges and an assortment of schools of fish. At 40 metres there is even a small cave to explore.

Ticiji Rat is another dive site which caters to both recreational and technical divers. This dive site is made up of two plateaus, one of them starts at 15 metres and plateaus down to 40 metres, and a second plateau between 45 and 60 metres which is an exciting dive for technical divers. There is also a high abundance of marine species to be spotted here including the elusive Cat Shark.