Velika korita Soče (TILOS / no diving)
Diving is prohibited. The Great Soča Gorge near the village of Soča lies inside Triglav National Park; ZTNP-1 (2010) allows water sports in the park only at designated places with the park's consent, and the park's 2012 letter to the diving federation explicitly lists Velika korita among sites where diving breaks the park rules. The atlas sheet itself already noted that the park forbids diving here without special permission. It describes a 6–8 m deep, strongly flowing gorge with smooth rock walls and big trout, but it is listed here only so that divers know not to go.
Facts
- Region: Slovenia – Lakes, Rivers & Caves
- Area: Soča Valley (Bovec – Kobarid – Solkan)
- Depth: 0–8 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: strong
- Type: drift, channel
- Coordinates: 46.33539, 13.64541
- Highlights: water-sculpted gorge walls with undercuts, gravel bed and pools, large brown trout, sunbeams in the gorge around midday
- Permit: Triglav National Park Act (ZTNP-1, Uradni list RS 52/2010): in the first protection zone swimming, diving and boating on lakes and watercourses are banned (Art. 15(1)(17)); elsewhere in the park water sports are allowed only at designated places with the park's consent (Art. 13(1)(48)). In its letter of 16 October 2012 (published by SPZ) the park manager named this site among those where diving conflicts with the park rules, and said only Lake Bohinj (no consent) and the Soča at Kršovec (with consent) are allowed. The letter quotes minimum fines of EUR 500 for individuals. Do not dive here.
- Issuer / contact: Triglav National Park Public Institute (Javni zavod Triglavski narodni park)
- Website: https://www.tnp.si/
- Tips: Do not dive. Visit the gorge from the bridge and the footpaths instead. For legal diving in the upper Soča, the park letter names only the Soča at Kršovec (below the Golobar ski lift, Bovec) with the park's consent. The sheet dates from 2005 (updated 2012).