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Diving and underwater fishing

Ližnjan offers many possibilites for underwater and sports fishing

Cesare Rossarol

The most important diving site nearby Ližnjan is the sunk Italian warship from the World War I Cesare Rossarol. The ship sunk on Saturday 16th Novemb er 1918. She exploded on a underwater mine at 12.45 p.m., broken in two halves and sunk in two minutes dragging the majority of the crew.

„Cesare Rossarol“ was an italian warship which sunk in Ližnjan waters. She sailed for the last time and never came back on Saturday 16th November 1918. Besides the crew, guided by the master Ludovico De Filippi, Giovanni Pizzini, the best pilot of the navy of that time was also on bord. Pizzini's task was to lead the destroyer through mine barriers. At 12.45 p.m. „C.Rossarol“ was shaked by a strong explosion in dynamo area, anmd split the ship in two, so that the ship sunk in two minutes to the depth ò 50 meters with the majority of the crew. It is supposed that the ship's portside activated the mine on the west edge of the mine field. In 1919, Italian families, not far from the Munat cape erected the monument to remember the dead crew members.

Commercial sailing ship with cannons

Not far from LIžnjan , underwater the protec ted area of Kamenjak, there is a sunk commercial sailing ship with cannons from the 17/18th century.

Golumbere cave
At Kamenjak cape you can visit, swin and dive partly unde rthe Golumbere cave.

Golumbere cave Golumbere cave

Cesare Rossarol Cesare Rossarol

Wreck of the italian warship Cesare RossarolWreck of the italian warship Cesare Rossarol

Sea grass Posidonia oceanica

In the Ližnjan submarine area the endemic flowering plant eelgrass (Posidonia oceanica) grows. Posidonia meadows are considered the most important life communities in the coastal area of ther Mediterranean. About 20% of the known Mediterranean species live in posidonia meadows, its meadows are important areas for the reproduction, growth and shelter to many organisms. Some animals feed themselves with posidonia leaves. Those meadows are the lungs of the sea – enriching the sea with oxygen. Posidonia grows only in the Mediterranea, and nowhere else. In the last decaded the total area covered in posidonia have been reduced by more than 30%, and therefore contribute to the protection on a biodiversity and avoid mooring on posidonia meadows.