Submarine 82
Also known as: Istria U-boat, German WWI submarine
Best time to dive
Season varies - confirm locally
Certification & difficulty
Advanced Open Water - advanced conditions (currents/depth); dive within your training.
Snorkelling
Not a snorkel site - No - depth (35-38m) is well beyond snorkeling range
Safety notes
Only the collapsed/open stern section remains, presenting structural-collapse and entanglement risk; standard deep-dive narcosis/NDL management required at 35-38m; sources conflict on the wreck's era - istra.hr and hippocampus.hr describe it as sunk near the end of WWI, while another operator guide (CheckYeti) describes a German submarine scuttled at WWII's end - unresolved discrepancy, flagged for verification
Permits & fees
General Croatia foreign-diver permit, reported at approx. EUR 15/year, obtained via a dive center/club with passport + certification card; no site-specific military/war-grave permit was documented for this wreck
Permits and operators change - confirm before booking.
Location
Nearest hub: Pula
This profile is desk research, compiled from public sources - not a first-hand dive report. Coordinates are approximate.