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Blue Cave tickets, the season and the hour to go

The cave sells its own tickets, separate from your boat, and the price changes with the season. Here is the official list, how paying works on the day and when the light is strongest.

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Editorial team, blue-cave-hvar.comUpdated October 25, 20267-minute read16 sources

This guide's tour Vis and Blue Cave speedboat from Hvar 4.8 (824 reviews) 7.5 hoursSmall group of up to 12Green Cave, Stiniva, Blue Cave from$137per person Check availabilityFree cancellation up to 24 hrs before

What you need to know

01Adults: 24 euros in high season, 18 euros off season.¹
02Children: 12 or 9 euros for ages 6 to 12; under 6 free.²
03Season: 1 April to 31 October; high season 20 June to 10 September.¹
04Paying: Cash, card or bank transfer.³
05Best light: Between 10 am and 2 pm, depending on the season.⁴

The official price list

The Blue Cave is run as a concession, and the operator publishes a single price list. The Komiža Tourist Board links it as the prices for 2026.⁵ Adults over 12 pay 24 euros in high season, from 20 June to 10 September, and 18 euros off season, from 1 April to 19 June and from 11 September to 31 October.¹ Those two date ranges also mark the season itself: outside them, the price list gives no fare.

Children are cheaper. Ages 6 to 12 pay 12 euros in high season and 9 euros off season, and children up to 6 go free.² The ticket also includes free entry to the multimedia exhibition at the Blue Cave Visitor Centre on Biševo.⁶ Most boat visitors never have time for it, but it comes with every ticket.

Keep in mind what the ticket buys. It is valid for one transfer and one entry into the Blue Cave.³ That transfer is the ride in the cave's own small boat from Mezoporat, because the cave can only be visited accompanied by the concession holder.⁷ The whole organised visit takes about 40 minutes from the cove.⁸ Your own tour boat waits outside and does not enter.

The season

The Blue Cave year, by ticket price

1 April

Season opens

Off-season fares: 18 euros for adults.¹
20 June

High season

Adults pay 24 euros, children 12.¹ ²
10 September

Last high day

The higher fare ends.¹
11 September

Off season again

Back to 18 euros for adults.¹
31 October

Season ends

The last date on the price list.¹

The Blue Cave entrance fee on a tour

On almost every speedboat the Blue Cave entrance fee comes on top of the tour price. The tour this site recommends lists Blue Cave entry at 18 euros in the low season and 24 euros in the high season, plus the Green Cave at 6 and 12 euros, paid on site in cash or by card. Another Hvar listing gives the same 18 and 24 euros for the Blue Cave, with its own dates of 21 June to 10 September for the high season.

Listings do not always agree with each other, so trust the official list for the numbers. One Hvar listing quotes Blue Cave tickets at 12 and 24 euros by season, while the official adult fares are 18 and 24 euros.¹ A Split listing gives 18 euros from 1 April to 19 June, 24 euros from 20 June to 10 September and 18 euros again until 31 October, exactly as the official list does.

How you pay depends on where you buy. The official price list accepts cash, credit cards or a bank transfer in advance.³ Some boats still tell guests to bring cash: one Hvar listing says cards are not accepted for its caves, and one Split listing says its Blue Cave tickets are cash only. Carry enough cash for the whole family and the Green Cave too, and treat a card as the backup.

Month by month

Daylight and wet days in Hvar town

Hours without sunDays with precipitationSeason

Hvar town, month by month: sunless hours in the middle of each month, paired with the tally of days that see at least 2.5 mm of rain; NOAA records worked through by us, 1991 to 2020.⁹

Weather and fares

Hvar town through the year, with the cave fares

Month	Daylight (h)	Darkness (h)	High / low	Wet days	Blue Cave tickets
Jan	9.3	14.7	13 / 6 °C	6
Feb	10.5	13.5	13 / 6 °C	6
Mar	11.8	12.2	16 / 8 °C	5
Apr	13.4	10.6	19 / 11 °C	6	low fare
May	14.6	9.4	23 / 15 °C	4	low fare
Jun	15.4	8.6	28 / 19 °C	3	both fares
Jul	15.1	8.9	31 / 22 °C	2	high fare
Aug	14	10	31 / 22 °C	2	high fare
Sep	12.6	11.4	27 / 18 °C	4	both fares
Oct	11.1	12.9	22 / 15 °C	5	low fare
Nov	9.8	14.2	18 / 11 °C	7
Dec	9	15	14 / 8 °C	7

Hvar town, 1 km from the harbour: mid-month daylight, the usual afternoon high and night low, and the number of days reaching 2.5 mm of rain, averaged by us from NOAA's monthly summaries for this station, 1991 to 2020.⁹ Season according to the Blue Cave price list of Nautički centar Komiža, which gives the dates.¹

Ticket types

Which ticket do you need?

Standard

Adult

Over 12

High season: 24 euros
Off season: 18 euros
Includes: Ride & entry

See the boat

Half price

Child

Ages 6 to 12

High season: 12 euros
Off season: 9 euros
Under 6: Free

See the boat

Private boat

VIP transfer

2 to 12 people

High season: 660 euros
Off season: 460 euros
Inside: Up to 15 min

See the boat

Decision helper

When should you go?

Match your priority to the dates

I want the lowest fare I want the warmest sea I want short queues I want the strongest blue I want the cave to ourselves

April to mid-June, or autumn

Off-season adults pay 18 euros.¹

July or August

Highs average 30.6 °C and 30.8 °C in Hvar town.⁹

Shoulder months

Listings warn of long queues in high season.

Arrive by midday

The best window is 10 am to 2 pm.⁴

The VIP transfer

A private group transfer for 2 to 12 people.¹⁰

Depending on the time of the year, the best time for the visit to the cave is between 10 am and 2 pm.

Komiža Tourist BoardSource 4

Queues and skip-the-line labels

The ticket is rarely the slow part. The queue is the line of boats waiting for their turn in the cave's small boats, and in high summer it can be long. One Hvar listing says the wait can be 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour or two, and that it does not depend on the boat operator. Another warns of a large queue in front of the cave in high season.

Some listings carry a skip-the-ticket-line label. The top-rated speedboat from Split and its close rival both show it. Read these as help with buying the ticket rather than a promise to jump the boat queue: the cave controls who goes in and when, and no listing can change that.

Crews deal with the wait in their own ways. One Split listing says the Blue Cave is normally the first stop, but if the waiting time is long, especially in summer, the boat visits a nearby place and comes back. A Hvar trip goes to the cave first to get ahead of the day. Either way, the best thing you can do is book early in the season or early in the morning, and be patient on the water.

Checklist

On the day of your visit

Bring

Cash for every ticket in your group
A card as backup
Sun protection for the queue

Know

One ticket, one ride and one entry
The visit itself takes about 40 minutes⁸
No swimming in the cave

Cost calculator

Boat fares for your group

Starting boat totals; cave tickets come on top

Vis and Blue Cave7.5 hoursfrom $137 Two caves7.5 hoursfrom $121 Cave first7.5 hoursfrom $112

People 2

Total from$273

per participant from $137

Check availabilityfree cancellation

Totals take the cheapest per-guest starting fare shown on GetYourGuide for each boat and multiply it by the number in your party, at the ECB exchange rate of the day; cave tickets are extra and checkout gives the final figure.

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A Blue Cave day on Vis: Komiža, Stiniva and the Monk Seal Cave

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The best time to visit the Blue Cave

Light is everything here. The Komiža Tourist Board says that, depending on the time of year, the best time to visit the Blue Cave is between 10 am and 2 pm.⁴ The Split Tourist Board gives 9 to 13 o'clock in the morning.¹¹ The reason is in the rock: in the morning the sun shines from the east through the submerged entrance onto the sandy floor, and the reflected light fills the cave.¹²

Over the year, the season and the weather matter as much as the hour. The cave's season runs from 1 April to 31 October.¹ In Hvar town, the average high is 18.6 °C in April and 22.3 °C in October, with about 6 and 5 wet days.⁹ In July and August the highs reach 30.6 °C and 30.8 °C, with only about 2 wet days a month.⁹ Summer is the driest stretch of the cave season, and the busiest.

June and September are the sweet spot for many travellers. Mid-June brings 15.4 hours between sunrise and sunset, with afternoons averaging 27.6 °C in Hvar town.⁹ September keeps 12.6 hours of daylight and a high of 26.6 °C.⁹ Part of June and most of September also fall in the cheaper off-season fare.¹ The sea is warm by then, and the midday light in the cave is just as strong.

When the cave is closed

The cave closes when the sea makes the entrance unsafe. Several listings say it shuts to visitors in high tides and high winds. One Split listing names the culprit: the southern wind called jugo, whose waves can close the entrance so boats cannot enter. The cave formed the same way, carved out of soft rock by waves driven by strong southern winds.¹³

What happens to your money then depends on the boat. One Hvar listing explains that guests are not charged for the cave in advance precisely because a closure is out of the operator's hands, and that the boat visits other places instead. Others promise an alternative route if the cave is closed, or a new date or full refund if the weather cancels the whole trip. Since the ticket is bought on the day, you do not lose it if the cave is shut.

You can reduce the risk. Book a boat with free cancellation; the tour this site recommends lets you cancel up to 24 hours ahead. Keep a flexible day in your plans, so you can move the trip if a jugo is forecast. And remember that the Green Cave, Stiniva and the lagoon make a good day on their own: a closed Blue Cave is a disappointment, not a wasted day.

Private visits and the VIP transfer

The concession also offers a private option. A VIP transfer for 2 to 12 people costs 660 euros per group in high season and 460 euros off season, with Blue Cave tickets included and up to 15 minutes of sightseeing inside.¹⁰ It has to be booked at least 1 working day ahead, and in July and August at most 2 VIP transfers run at the same time between 10:00 and 14:00.¹⁴

That service is for people already arriving on their own or a private boat. If you come on a shared speedboat from Hvar, you buy the ordinary ticket on the day and join the standard visit. A private speedboat from Hvar is a different product: one listing starts from $1,094 for an 8-hour day to the Blue Cave and the Pakleni islands. Check whether any private boat includes the cave tickets, because the starting price usually does not say.

For most visitors the standard ticket is the right one. You pay the posted fare, ride in with a handful of other people, and spend your minutes in the light like everyone else. Save the private options for special occasions or for groups large enough to share the cost. Whatever you choose, the cave itself is the same, and so are the rules: no swimming, no diving and no visit without a ticket.¹⁵ ¹⁶

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