Diving Bulgaria
Bulgaria is not the first destination you think of to go diving, but is emerging as a new diving area. The diving is in the Black Sea. This is an inland sea which connects to the Mediterranean through the Bosporus Strait via the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles Strait. Surface water from the Black Sea travels into the Mediterranean, whilst deeper water from the Med goes the opposite way. It is also fed by freshwater from large rivers and rain which means that the Black Sea is less salty than the Mediterranean, and has a lower salinity (in the top 50 m) than the oceans.
The diving season runs from April until November. The SCUBA Travel Photographer dived Bulgaria some years ago and remarked that there was nothing there but mussels. But he must have been in the wrong place as there are many World War II and more ancient wrecks.
The best time for diving the Black Sea is in the summer, between June and September. Sea temperature will then be warm, up to around 24 oC. Read More...
