Diving Dubrovnik - Bezdan Cave

Site Overview

Dubrovnik - Bezdan Cave is a cave dive site in Southern Dalmatia - Dubrovnik & Peljesac, Croatia, set in the clear, fish-rich waters of the Adriatic Sea. Bezdan is a deep-water cavern off Dubrovnik with stalactites, swim-throughs and light beams. The cavern offers a taste of overhead-environment diving for prepared divers. Light effects inside make it a photogenic, dramatic dive. Visibility is excellent, enhancing the play of light. The site is close to Dubrovnik and convenient. It is a scenic, less-crowded Dubrovnik dive. Conditions are typical of the Croatian coast: visibility generally runs from 15 to 35 metres, the current is low and the water temperature ranges between 15 and 26 degrees Celsius depending on season and depth. The marine life is classic Adriatic, centred on mediterranean cardinalfish, loggerhead sponge, mediterranean moray, with the full community described below for those planning a dive. Because of its intermediate rating and the need for Advanced Open Water certification, Dubrovnik - Bezdan Cave is best approached with the right thermal protection and, where relevant, wreck or deep training. It is a representative example of why Croatian diving, with its wrecks, walls, caves and gorgonian forests, attracts divers who want history and Mediterranean life in equal measure.