Vis · Croatia · Wall · Cave & cavern
Gaće
A cavern shaped like a three-aisled building
Area photo: Borut Furlan · CC BY-SA 4.0
A slope off Vis that turns into a wall at 10 metres and carries on down to 20 or 25. A handful of caverns are cut into it at different depths, and one of them is shaped like a three-aisled building, which is the reason divers ask for this site by name rather than for the wall next door.
Where it is and how deep
43.0069° N, 16.0989° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The dive starts on the slope and follows it down until the rock stands up into a wall at about 10 metres. From there it runs to 20 or 25, which keeps the whole profile inside comfortable recreational limits and leaves time to spend on the features instead of watching a computer count the minutes down. It is an easy site to navigate: the wall does the work.
Those features are the caverns, set into the wall at several depths so you can take them in turn as you work along it. The one the site is known for is shaped like a three-aisled building, the rock dividing the space the way a nave and its side aisles do. Take a light for it: the shape only reads properly when you can pick out the far walls rather than guess at them.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off-season | Off-season | Off-season | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Off-season | Off-season |
Season follows Vis: Diving runs May to October; the surface reaches 22–25 °C in July and August, and visibility is most reliable from late June to early October.
Know before you go
- The caverns are overhead spaces at up to 25 m; without cavern training and a light, stay where the entrance is still in sight.
Sources
- Gaće - Scubago — Scubago
More dive sites in Vis
Wall
Circle the islet; wall from 5 to 35 m with a cavern
Wreck
Five or six resident moray eels on a typical dive
Pinnacle
Plateau at 6 m, then a vertical wall past 50 m
Wall
A 70 m long cavern starting at 28 m
Wreck
Airframe on sand at 65 to 72 m, visibility to 40 m
Cave & cavern
Daylight on a green stone, at 10 m and 30 m
Wreck
Hull and wings at 40 m, tail 100 m away at 52 m
Wreck
A gun on the bow under purple and yellow gorgonians
Similar dives elsewhere
A drop-off to 25 m and a tunnel at 8 to 4 metres
Gullies at 30 m over a ledge past 50 m, with a cave entered by a siphon at 18 m
A cave at 19 m that marks the way back along the wall
A cave running into the rock just below the surface