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Lopar - Paradise Beach - panoramio (1)
Near Medova Buža, 1 km away. Photo: Zoran Kurelić Rabko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Medova Buža

Dive site · Croatia

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

69Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 11 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
26 kn
Gusts
38knboats in
Air
13°C

Tue 3 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
14°C

Wed 4 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
15°C

Thu 5 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
14°C

Sun 8 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
16°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 163, good
  2. Mon 211, poor
  3. Tue 366, good
  4. Wed 473, good
  5. Thu 574, good
  6. Fri 675, good
  7. Sat 775, good
  8. Sun 869, good
  9. Mon 975, good
  10. Tue 1059, fair

The site in five facts

  • Down to 4 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 17 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces Eswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Medova Buža
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov63, good0.3 m16 kn27knboats in12°C
Mon 2Nov11, poor0.4 m26 kn38knboats in13°C
Tue 3Nov66, good0.3 m15 kn23kn14°C
Wed 4Nov73, good0.2 mflat8 kn13kn15°C
Thu 5Nov74, good0.1 mflat4 kn11kn15°C
Fri 6Nov75, good0.1 mflat3 kn11kn16°C
Sat 7Nov75, good0.0 mflat1 kn9kn14°C
Sun 8Nov69, good0.2 mflat13 kn18kn16°C
Mon 9Nov75, good0.1 mflat2 kn7kn15°C
Tue 10Nov59, fair0.3 m16 kn25kn17°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 08:45 +0.2 mLow 19:24 −0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:59 +0.2 mLow 20:52 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:48 +0.2 mLow 14:17 −0.0 mHigh 16:05 −0.0 mLow 22:02 −0.2 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Medova Buža

Paradise beach, Lopar - panoramio (1)
Near Medova Buža, 1 km away. Photo: Zoran Kurelić Rabko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
20140505 Rab Lopar Rajska plaža (cropped to Lukovac)
Near Medova Buža, 1 km away. Photo: Isiwal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
20140505 Rab Lopar Rajska plaža
Near Medova Buža, 1 km away. Photo: Isiwal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Medova Buža

A cave dive. It goes down to 4 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 km away. The sea is about 11°C in March, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 25°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Lopar.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep Down to 4 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 km away.

Water about 17°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (about 25 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,080–US$2,060 each

about US$1,080–US$2,060 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to RJK, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$516–US$1,080
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$214–US$362
Food7 days eating outabout US$241–US$449
Totalabout US$1,080–US$2,060

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Lopar

Closest

Lopar

4 min by car · 64 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 64 places to stay in Lopar · Booking.com

About Lopar its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 35m

About 18h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RJK, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 10m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 15 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.