Soča under Napoleon Bridge (Kobarid)
Just before Kobarid the Soča cuts a short, narrow gorge under the historic Napoleon Bridge, the best-known river dive in the valley. You enter from a small gravel beach below the bridge, fin upstream along the bottom to the first rapids and drift back. The pool is usually 7–8 m deep, but floods move so much gravel that depth changes from year to year (from about 2 m to over 10 m). Expect clear emerald water, carved rock, deep undercuts where big trout rest, and with luck a large marble trout. The water is very cold: about 4 °C in winter and only around 12 °C in summer.
depth: 0–10 m