The Secret Beach in Komiža

I have been here before, but then the tide and my clothes were not suitable for exploring. Now they were! I also did not understand the naming the beaches I was at, but I do now. The cave I'm looking at is at the Dog Beach, literally the beach that the dogs (and people) can swim at. A bit further out from the Dog Beach there's the Kamenice Beach, also called the Camp Beach due to the nearby low-cost but forbidden accommodation option :-) Both beaches can be accessed easily with chairs, have a bar, etc. However, between them there's the Secret Beach. To get there you have to go through a cave and climb, wall across a part of the sea that is only passable easily during low tide (picture above), or straight out swim.

I have now tried all three options, and the walk option is of course the easiest, swimming is most fun, but the cave and climb is the best adventure :-)

The cave is the cave at the left end (looking out to the sea) of the Dog Beach. It is small, just 1-2 meters to go through a rock outcrop. After this you have to climb. The cave is at coordinates N 43.0390013 E 16.0914765.

I thought there'd a cave in the Secret beach. However, there's nothing other than some depressions in the cliff surfaces.

Anyway, all these beaches are much recommended. The best services are at the Kamenice Beach, dogs seem to like the Dog Beach because they too get drinks from the bar, and the Secret Beach has typically less people :-) 

Dog Beach:

Secret Beach:

Kamenice Beach. You can see the camp in the ridge above the beach. And on the beach itself there are sunshade beds, rentable for 20€ per day. They don't provide full cover from the sun though, and it can be hot:

On the way to these beaches, one has to pass Komiža's streets. Komiža is mostly about historic rock buildings... but there's a couple brutalist concrete buildings as well:

Read more urban exploration stories from theurbanexplorer.net, and other underground stories from planetcaver.net. For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! And of course the Planetcaver, and Planetskier blogs for other stories in Blogspot and TGR! The photos and text (c) 2024 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved. I never take recognisable photos of other saunagoers or swimmers. and try to visit at times where there is simply no one else around or the facility has been booked only for me.