Vis · Croatia · Wall
Punta od Covika
A hump peaking at 45 m, 50 m off the cape
Area photo: Borut Furlan · CC BY-SA 4.0
A headland on Vis where the steep coastal slope carries straight on underwater. On the extension of the cape a hump rises to about 45 metres below the surface, roughly 50 metres out from the shore, and the walls beside it drop away past 50. The dive is a wall run with a deep feature at the end of it.
Where it is and how deep
43.0812° N, 16.1753° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The dive follows the shape of the headland. The steeply sloping cliff above the water simply continues below it, so you drop in against rock and run the wall, letting the profile sit at whatever depth you are working rather than chasing the bottom. There is no floor to level off on here: the walls drop below 50 metres, and the depth of the dive is a decision the diver makes rather than one the terrain makes for them.
The feature is out on the extension of the cape, a characteristic hump on the seabed whose far end lies about 50 metres from the coast, its deepest peak about 45 metres below the surface. Going down to that peak is a deep dive with a short bottom time, and the wall beside it can be worked a good deal shallower instead. Either way the rock is the handrail, and the point above is the reference to come back to.
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 wall drops below 50 m with nothing to stop a descent, so a maximum depth is set on the boat rather than worked out underwater.
Sources
- Punta od covika - Scubago — Scubago
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