Vis · Croatia · Wall · Cave & cavern
Ploce
A 70 m long cavern starting at 28 m
Area photo: Borut Furlan · CC BY-SA 4.0
A wall off Vis with several caverns cut into it at different levels. The deepest and biggest starts at 28 metres and runs about 70 metres long, while the shallower openings can be looked into on an ordinary profile. No depth is published for the wall below that cavern, so 28 metres is the deepest figure the site is described with.
Where it is and how deep
43.0066° N, 16.0922° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The dive is a wall run with the rock on one shoulder, and the interest is in the openings rather than the face itself. Several caverns are set into it at different levels, so a group works along the wall and looks into whichever of them the day's depth plan allows, turning on time or gas rather than on any particular feature.
The big one starts at 28 metres and runs roughly 70 metres in. That length puts it well past a casual look inside: it is a full overhead penetration for divers with the training, the lights and the line to match, and everyone else sees it from the entrance. The site is described as suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced, which only holds because the shallower parts of the wall carry the dive on their own.
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 largest cavern is about 70 m long and starts at 28 m: a long way back to daylight, and not somewhere to enter on a recreational certification.
Sources
- Ploce - Scubago — Scubago
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