Velika Špilja - Vis & Biševo
Velika Špilja, or the 'Big Cave,' offers a deep blue grotto experience on Biševo. The entrance at 30 meters opens into a large cavern, with light filtering down, creating an atmospheric dive. We found it a straightforward cave dive, good for intermediate divers comfortable with overhead environments. Keep an eye out for slipper lobsters tucked into crevices.
- Location
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 43.004700, 16.074200
- Type
- cave
- Maximum Depth
- 30m
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Marine Protected Area: Pučinski otoci
Nearby Dive Sites in Vis & Biševo
- Airplane - 20m (wreck)
- Amfore
- Amphora Wall - 26m (wall)
- Anchor Wall - 26m (wall)
- Anfore
- Anfore - Komiza
- Anfore - Mliki rat
- B-17G (wreck)
- B-24 Tulsamerican (wreck)
- B-24 (Wreck) - 40m (wreck)
- Baba Reef - 20m (reef)
- Bisevo Blue Cave (cave)
- Bisevo Wall - 15-40m (wall)
- Blue Cave Bisevo (cave)
- Blue Lagoon (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to Velika Špilja
- Anma Diving center - Scuba School International, PADI
- Deep Blue Diving
- Issa dive center - SDI, TDI
- Issa Diving Center
- Istvan d.o.o.
- MARLINTREMITI ASD
Marine Life in Vis & Biševo
Home to 144 recorded species including 97 reef fish, 16 sharks & rays, 6 octopus & squid, 5 other, 5 seagrass & algae, 3 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Species
- hake (Merluccius merluccius) - Reef Fish
- pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) - Reef Fish
- anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) - Reef Fish
- Painted Comber (Serranus scriba) - Reef Fish
- Bogue (Boops boops) - Reef Fish
- Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Capelin (Trisopterus capelanus) - Reef Fish
- Mullet (Mullus barbatus) - Reef Fish
- blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) - Reef Fish
- Split (Scomber scombrus) - Reef Fish
- common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) - Octopus & Squid
- dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) - Sharks & Rays
- Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) - Octopus & Squid
- lesser argentine (Argentina sphyraena) - Reef Fish
- Wrasse (Coris julis) - Reef Fish
- Thornback skate (Raja clavata) - Sharks & Rays
- dory (Zeus faber) - Reef Fish
- megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) - Reef Fish
- Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) - Reef Fish
- Spotted Dragonet (Callionymus maculatus) - Reef Fish