Biševo · Vis · Hvar
A sea cave on the island of Biševo, lit electric blue from under the water. Duck in on a wooden boat, watch your hands turn silver, then swim at Stiniva and end the day in Hvar town.
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Tours
In the centre, the five-island loop with the best guest rating in Split and the lowest price. Either side, Speed Line's version of the same day and Salty Experience, which trades the stop in Komiža for food on board and a quiet last swim.
Most loved crew
★ 4.910.5 hoursFree cancellationSame five-island route with Speed Line's skippers, who guests name in review after review. Bring euros: the cave ticket is paid in cash on the boat.
Top rated
★ 5.010.5 hoursFree cancellationThe classic loop by speedboat: the Blue Cave first, then Komiža, Stiniva, the Budikovac lagoon and Hvar town. Small groups of 12 and the lowest from-price of the full-day tours.
Food on board
★ 4.910 hoursFree cancellationSalty Experience skips Komiža for a late swim in a quieter cove on the way home. Food and drinks are on board; the cave ticket is extra, in cash.
Cave ticket included
★ 4.410 hours
Big crew
★ 4.610 hours
Private option
★ 4.310 to 10.5 hours
Sunset return
★ 4.611 hoursCompare
The route barely changes from boat to boat. What changes is the meeting point, the size of the bill on the day, and whether the cave ticket is already paid.
| Tour | Meets | Cave ticket | Best for | Trip | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cave, Vis & Hvar 5-Island Tour | Prokurative, Split | Check: listed both ways | Top-rated crew, lowest price | 10.5 hours | $89 | Book |
| Blue Cave, Hvar & 5 Islands by Speed Line | Prokurative, Split | Cash on the boat | Skippers guests name in reviews | 10.5 hours | $90 | Book |
| 5 Islands Full Day: Blue Cave, Vis & Hvar | SPLIT letters | Cash, EUR 18 or 24 | Food on board, a quieter last swim | 10 hours | $131 | Book |
| Blue Cave, Vis & Hvar with Cave Ticket | Obala Lazareta or Trogir | Included in the price | One price, pickup included | 10 hours | $120 | Book |
| Blue Cave, Mamma Mia & 5 Islands Small Group | Toto Travel office | Cash to the crew, kids half | Families with kids 6 to 12 | 10 hours | $111 | Book |
| Blue Cave & Hvar Small-Group Speedboat | Split or Trogir | Cash on site | Your own boat for up to 12 | 10 to 10.5 hours | $126 | Book |
| Blue Cave & 5 Islands with Sunset Return | Booker Travel office | Optional add-on | A later return at sunset | 11 hours | $139 | Book |
| Blue Lagoon & 3 Islands Half-Day Speedboat | Booker Travel office | No cave on this trip | A shorter day, no cave | 5 hours | $64 | Book |
Every tour here cancels free up to 24 hours before, and offers a new date or a refund if the weather cancels it. The cave ticket is EUR 24 per adult from 20 June to 10 September and EUR 18 the rest of the season, in cash.
Before you book
The Blue Cave is not in Split. It sits on Biševo, a small island past Vis, and the speedboat needs about 75 to 90 minutes to get there. That makes every tour from Split a full day: out to Biševo first, then Komiža on Vis, a swim at Stiniva, the turquoise lagoon at Budikovac, and two hours in Hvar town before the long run home.
At the cave itself, your speedboat stops in Mezuporat cove and you change into a small wooden boat, because nothing bigger fits through the entrance. Then you wait your turn. Inside, you get about 5 to 15 minutes of that unreal blue light, seated, with no swimming allowed. It is the shortest part of the day and the reason for the whole thing. Book the day, and treat the cave as its high point.
The height of the boat entrance, cut in 1884. Before that you could only reach the cave by diving. Everyone ducks on the way in, and on a swell day nobody goes in at all.
No. You stay in the wooden boat. The swimming happens at Stiniva, Budikovac and the Pakleni islands.
EUR 18 or 24 per adult in 2026, depending on the date, paid in cash. Only some tours include it.
Yes. In swell or a southerly wind the cave shuts, sometimes the same morning. The tour then swaps in another stop.
Anyone pregnant or with back problems: the boat bangs over the waves, and every operator rules them out.
Your day
Ten to eleven hours from Split, in four parts. The order of the island stops changes with the weather; the cave almost always comes first.
On the Riva, by the Prokurative or at an agency office. Operators send the exact time by WhatsApp the day before, so keep your phone on.
Early morningThe longest leg, past Šolta and Vis. It is breezy and can be bumpy, so sit near the back if you feel the waves.
75 to 90 minutesChange into a wooden boat at Mezuporat, pay the cave ticket in cash if your tour does not include it, wait your turn, then duck inside.
About 1 hour, 5 to 15 min insideCoffee in Komiža, a swim at Stiniva or Budikovac, the Pakleni islands, then lunch and a wander in Hvar town before the run home.
6 to 7 hoursPlan your trip
Season, what you will spend, the cave ticket and what to pack: one tab each.
Where it starts
Most meet at the south steps of Trg Republike (the Prokurative), at the big SPLIT letters, or on Obala Lazareta
All the tours here start within a short walk of the Riva, Split's seafront promenade below Diocletian's Palace. The exact point depends on the operator, and some agencies check you in at their office first. Two tours also offer a start in Trogir, west of the airport, which is handy if you are staying there.
Around your trip
Timing, what guests wish they had known, closures and travelling with children.
Central Dalmatia
Pick the crew, then pick your date.
Check availabilityGuest reviews
★★★★★Amazing day, favourite day of our holiday!!
★★★★★We had plenty of time at every stop and it was perfectly paced.
★★★★★The swimming stops were beautiful, with plenty of time at each location to relax and enjoy the water
★★★★★Luka offered us several interesting and fantastic alternatives.
★★★★★It was amazing! So worth the money for the amount of time and places you see.
★★★★★The speedboat was very comfortable compared to other boats we saw.
★★★★★A fantastic way to discover several amazing places in just one day.
★★★★★This trip was easily our favourite day of our whole holiday.
★★★★★we also saw dolphins. Definitely worth it.
A shorter day
Not every Split holiday has room for a ten-hour boat day. This one is five hours, close to the coast, and back by mid-afternoon.
Not ready to spend ten hours on a speedboat? This half day goes 30 minutes up the coast instead of 90: Trogir old town, a swim in the Blue Lagoon at Krknjaši and a beach bar, then back in Split by mid-afternoon. There is no cave on it.
TrogirSnorkellingHalf day
The guide
Search for "Blue Cave Split" and you could think the cave is a short hop from the Riva. It is not, and knowing what the day really looks like is the difference between loving it and feeling short-changed.
Modra špilja, the Blue Cave, is a sea cave in Balun bay on the east side of Biševo, a small island about 8 km by sea from Komiža on Vis. It is about 24 metres long and 10 to 12 metres wide. Its trick is light: the sun comes in through a wide opening under the water, bounces off the pale floor, and fills the cave with a blue glow that makes anything in the water look silver. The boat entrance above the water was cut in 1884, on the suggestion of the Austrian painter and naturalist Baron Eugen von Ransonnet, who painted the cave. Before that, you had to dive in.
The colour is strongest from about 11:00 to noon on a bright, calm day. That is why nearly every tour from Split heads straight there first and leaves the islands for the afternoon.
Your speedboat cannot enter. It stops in Mezuporat cove on Biševo, where you buy the cave ticket in cash (unless your tour paid it), climb into a small wooden boat with a handful of other people and wait for your turn. Guides and recent visitors put the wait at 45 to 60 minutes in a normal week, longer in late August. Inside, you sit, look and take photos for roughly 5 to 15 minutes, then glide out again. Swimming in the cave is not allowed.
The ticket costs EUR 24 per adult from 20 June to 10 September in 2026 and EUR 18 in the shoulder months, with half price for children aged 6 to 12. Bring cash, because Biševo has no ATM. Only one tour on this site, the Day Trips speedboat day, folds the ticket into its price. See the entrance fee guide for the details.
The cave is about an hour of a 10 to 11-hour trip. The rest is the reason most guests leave happy: coffee on the harbour in Komiža, where Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again filmed its dance scenes by the water; a swim or a photo stop at Stiniva, the cove behind a gap in the cliffs that was voted Europe's best beach in 2016; snorkelling in the shallow turquoise water at Budikovac; a pass through the Pakleni islands; and about two hours in Hvar town for lunch and a walk.
The big operators run nearly the same route in the same 12-seat speedboats, so the choice comes down to small things. Where do you want to meet? Do you want the cave ticket paid in advance, food on board, or a later sunset return? Do you want the whole boat for your group? Our tour comparison goes through each one, and every tour has its own page with the meeting point, the route and what guests say.
And if the long day is the problem rather than the cave, look closer to home. The Blue Cave or Blue Lagoon guide sets the two side by side.
Guides
In-depth guides to the questions people ask most before booking. See all guides.
Is it worth it?Ten hours, five islands, 15 minutes in the cave: the real maths.
Cave ticket & feesEUR 18 or 24 in cash, and which tours already include it.
Every tour comparedSeven tours side by side: price, cave ticket, route and pickup.
Closures & best timeWhy it shuts, which months are safest and the best hour.
Blue Cave or Blue LagoonTwo different places, two very different days from Split.
What to bring & wearCash, a windbreaker, water shoes and a plan for the bumpy bits.From the blog
Season news, ticket changes and what is new. All posts.
FAQ
Straight answers to what people ask most about the Blue Cave from Split.
Yes, on a full-day speedboat tour. The cave is on Biševo, a small island beyond Vis, about 75 to 90 minutes from Split by speedboat. Every tour here leaves Split in the morning and comes back in the evening, 10 to 11 hours later, with Vis and Hvar town on the way. See all the tours.
Not into the cave itself. Only the small licensed boats from Biševo go inside. You can skip the Split tour by taking the ferry to Vis and a boat from Komiža to Biševo, but that is a two-day plan. The worth it guide weighs both.
In 2026 the cave ticket is EUR 24 for adults from 20 June to 10 September and EUR 18 in April, May, June to the 19th, and from 11 September to the end of October. Children 6 to 12 pay half, under-6s go free. It is paid in cash on Biševo or to the crew. Details in the entrance fee guide.
Usually not. On most Split tours you pay the cave ticket in cash on the day. The Day Trips tour includes it in the price, and Booker Travel sells an option with tickets included. Check the box at checkout.
A full day: 10 to 11 hours from Split. About 3 hours of that is the speedboat, around an hour goes on the cave stop (mostly queuing at Mezuporat cove), and you spend about 5 to 15 minutes inside. The rest is swimming stops, Komiža and two hours in Hvar town.
No. Swimming inside the cave is not allowed, and you stay seated in the small wooden boat. You swim elsewhere on the day: at Stiniva, in the Budikovac lagoon and in the Pakleni islands, so wear swimwear under your clothes.
From about November to March, and on any day the sea is too rough at the low entrance, usually with the southerly jugo wind. The decision is made at Biševo on the morning. Your tour still runs, with another stop instead. More in closures and the best time.
Late morning on a calm, sunny day, roughly 11:00 to 12:00, when the sun shines through the underwater opening and lights the water from below. Tours from Split head to the cave first so they arrive in that window.
Go in June or September rather than late August, when the wait at Mezuporat can reach about 90 minutes. Tours that leave Split early and go to the cave first queue less. A private boat does not skip the queue: everyone changes into the same small boats.
If you want a big day on the water, yes. Treat it as a five-island speedboat day with a short, very blue highlight, not as a cave visit. If ten hours on a fast boat sounds like too much, a Blue Lagoon half day is the gentler choice.
Swimwear under your clothes, a towel, sunscreen, a hat and a windproof layer for the morning ride, plus euros in cash for the cave ticket and lunch. Our packing list has the rest.
Ready to book
Small groups, five islands, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before on every tour.
More: Speed Line · a private boat for your group · the half-day Blue Lagoon
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