Cape Kane below Belvedere (Izola)
Cape Kane is the eastern, easy-access end of the Strunjan cliff – at 80 m high and 4 km long the tallest and longest flysch cliff on the eastern Adriatic coast – and you can drive dive gear almost to the water below the Belvedere resort. The 2013 PAS sheet describes a shallow, relaxed dive heading west from the jetty: rocky ground with abundant life between 2 and 6 m gives way to seagrass and, below about 8 m, to sand and silt with little life. The shoreline is part of the Strunjan Nature Reserve, where the park lists Cystoseira forests, seagrass meadows with seahorses, octopus, cuttlefish and the protected pen shell, and Mediterranean stony coral.
Facts
- Region: Slovenia – Coast
- Area: Izola & Strunjan
- Depth: 0–10 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef, bay, night
- Coordinates: 45.53286, 13.64043
- Highlights: rocky shallows with rich life at 2–6 m, seagrass meadows, foot of the Strunjan flysch cliff, night dives at the jetty
- Tips: Leave the Izola bypass at the Belvedere hill, turn north onto the old road and sharply left into the Belvedere resort, then right opposite the pool down a narrow lane (just under 1 km) to the large car park. Steps lead to the shore; enter at the jetty or walk west under the cliff. Kane lies at the eastern end of the reserve, outside the central zone (Moon Bay – Ronek, marked by two yellow buoys about 1,300 m apart) where the 2004 decree bans scuba diving – do not swim west into that zone. Bring a compass for the flat bottom; summer visibility is lower. Do not collect anything. Sheet from 2013.