St. Roko Diving Club

Đani Iglić

Diver
Đani Iglić
Đani Iglić
Diver
St. Roko Diving Club

Graduated from the Zadar Maritime High School, nautical department, participant in the Homeland War.

Active in technical culture for 25 years through the Zadar Underwater Activities Club and the St. Roko Diving Club.

Winner of the annual award of the Zadar County Technical Culture Community in 2005 for my contribution to technical culture.

Active in diving for 40 years with the highest title of Instructor I3 CMAS and Instructor according to the NAUI association.

Instructor since 2002 and since then have trained more than 500 divers of all categories and specialties through the Zadar Underwater Activities Club and the St. Roko Diving Club.

Participated in numerous search and rescue operations at sea as part of the State Administration for Protection and Rescue, as well as in numerous demonstration exercises.

Organized three Croatian Jump Blue Freediving Championships in Zadar, which were also qualifying competitions for entry into the Croatian national team.

In 2002, was the chief judge at the Jump Blue World Freediving Championship in Rovinj and was a judge at numerous Croatian freediving championships in all static, dynamic and Jump Blue categories.

Participated in mapping areas that have entered the Natura 2000 marine network of protected areas.

From the very beginning, I have been very actively participating in the project to preserve the Noble Pen Shell in the Adriatic.

Actively cooperate with the Kornati National Park, Telašćica Nature Park, Lastovo Nature Park and Velebit Nature Park on research, protection and creation of a list of species in these areas, as well as on the creation of photo documentation, promotional materials and brochures, and by donating photographs for the creation of annual calendars and brochures.

Author of numerous underwater photography exhibitions, most of which are of a humanitarian nature, the largest of which was in the Zadar City Lodge 'In the Embrace of the Depths', where funds were raised for the Vladimir Nazor school that works with children with special needs in Zadar.

Participated with photographs in many exhibitions of the Zadar National Museum, Natural History Department, where the exhibition 'Vertebrates of the Adriatic' is currently on display.

Designed and implemented, together with the Maritime School, free diving courses for high school students, where every year 5 students from the Maritime School in Zadar are trained as divers.

Found and reported numerous archaeological sites and participated in numerous research projects by the Archaeological Museum in Zadar and the ICUA (International UNESCO Center for Underwater Archaeology) in Zadar throughout the Adriatic.

Many amphorae, ancient anchors and other artifacts that I have found and reported are displayed in museums.

Participated and collaborated on numerous archaeological, biological, ecological and geological projects and research on the Adriatic and in the caves of the interior (Source of the Cetina River, Golubinka, Kornati cave system, etc.)

Member of the Zadar Philatelic Club and owner of a philatelic collection with a maritime theme (Flora and fauna, ships, lighthouses) and author of several philatelic exhibitions in Zadar (City Lodge, City Library, Zaton Tourist Resort).

Owner of a malacological collection that has been exhibited several times and a permanent exhibition is in preparation!

Participant in numerous summer and winter schools of technical culture organized by the Zadar County Technical Culture Community.

Designed and organized the Kornati ecological camp, which has been organized for the fourth year now, with participation from elementary and high school students, and lecturers from the Technical Culture Community Association and the Red Cross.

Organized lectures on diving topics and gave guest lectures throughout Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar).

Designed and organized over 500 eco-friendly underwater cleaning campaigns such as: 'Give a hand for a clean underwater world', 'Where Zrmanja loves the sea', 'Let's make Privlaka more attractive', 'Give a hand for a clean Zlatna Luka', 'Give a hand for a clean Punta Bajlo', 'Give a hand for a clean Jazine'... And as part of eco-friendly campaigns, organized for the first time in Croatia presentations of the activities of all Technical Culture Community Associations and other Associations.

In my work, I emphasize working with children and have organized numerous workshops, lectures and exhibitions in kindergartens, elementary schools and high schools.

Co-author of the book-atlas 'Adriatic gastropods' (nudibranchs) in 2019, which was a turning point in this type of publishing in Croatia and sparked great interest in malacology in Croatia and initiated the publication of two more books on Adriatic bivalves (on which I collaborated) and Adriatic snails, which have become indispensable professional reading in the education of future experts in marine zoology.

Lecture

2026-03-27
09:30
- 10:00

Lecture

Center for Underwater Archaeology: What Lies Beneath the Sea – Waste or Cultural Heritage?

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