Slovenia
Suhadolca
- CertificationFull cave
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The dive
Suhadolca is the most important intermittent spring of Cerkniško polje: in high water a stream flows from the cave into the lake.
Profile and sections
Suhadolca is the most important intermittent spring of Cerkniško polje: in high water a stream flows from the cave into the lake. Beyond the dry section, where a long stone pillar just before the sump makes a short bypass on the left, a guideline runs through the sump. A foreign diver who got to dive here after days of waiting surfaced after the dive into a lake full of reeds.
The spring continues into a water cave at least 2 km long and is fed from the Javorniki mountains; together with Vranja jama it delivers an estimated 13 m³/s. A Slovenian dive school's cave team dives here year-round.
- Depth and profile
- Depth and length of the sump not published — ask Slovenian cave divers · according to a university source the water cave continues for at least 2 km
- Configuration
- No published details on passage size or restrictions in the sump; the hall before the sump is mostly low.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable
- Motorised craft are banned in Slovenian caves; electric scooters only for sump research (ZVPJ art. 18).
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Configuration unknown — research beforehand
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How to get there
On the edge of Lake Cerknica (Cerkniško jezero), along a path to the cave; divers carry their gear down in several trips. Before the sump you walk through a dry section: an entrance passage (mostly standing height), a small lake chamber, a transition passage (standing height) and a long, wide but mostly low hall. In high water the entrance is partly flooded. Notify the police before diving (see region info).
Around Suhadolca
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