along the entire Bulgarian Black Sea coast are discovered ancient natural breakwaters exploited by seafarers for millennia -  from the IV^th - III^rd millennium BC to the late Medieval 

The discovered shipwrecks from the Ancient, Late Antiquity, Medieval and Ottoman periods are of an exceptionally high degree of preservation due to the anaerobic environment in the depths of the Black Sea

is in its initial phase of exploration by the CUA, and new and intriguing discoveries are forthcoming at the sites of Oryahovo, Dimum, etc.

are held annually and aim to expand the practical and theoretical knowledge and skills in underwater archaeology of participants from Bulgaria and abroad

Key projects undertaken by the Centre for Underwater Archaeology over the years in the field of underwater cultural heritage research and documentation.