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Geierfels and Bat Cave (Plavnik)

  • CertificationCavern

The dive

A wall dive with lots of fish, colourful corals and a series of small caves. Above water a colony of griffon vultures nests in the cliff, easy to watch from the boat.

Profile and sections

A wall dive with lots of fish, colourful corals and a series of small caves. Above water a colony of griffon vultures nests in the cliff, easy to watch from the boat.

Depth and profile
Every few metres small caves and tunnels up to ~15 m into the rock. At the end the Bat Cave: entrance at -1 m, and after another metre you surface in a small air chamber. Wall depths not published.
Configuration
Small caves and tunnels; sizes not published.
DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
Small caves; no point.
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Cavern
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveConfiguration unknown — research beforehand · doesn't decide who may dive
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How to get there

By boat with Dive Center Krk; the boat anchors at a rock face of the island of Plavnik (between Krk and Cres).

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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (Garašić EGU 2017, Subterranea Croatica 2019, HGSS 2014, Wikipedia, stranypotapecske.cz, wannadive.net, dive centres, Kornati NP, Croatian Ministry of the Sea, KBC Rijeka, OXY, news; Sept 2026); for the Kvarner the pages of Dive Center Krk, JU Priroda and Wikipedia (Oct 2026). Pins come from Wikipedia, stranypotapecske.cz and wannadive.net; five springs have a pin from OpenStreetMap, one site has none (yet). ~ = estimate. Rules change — check locally.