Bosnia and Herzegovina Waterfall

Skakavac Waterfall (lower)

On the Duboka river.

When to go

Inga Cvijanovic · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

0.27m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Mar–May
Nov

Best months

743m

Elevation

The water at Skakavac Waterfall (lower), month by month

It roars from October to June.

It carries water fairly evenly through the year.

0.5 m³/sJan
0.5 m³/sFeb
0.6 m³/sMar
0.6 m³/sApr
0.5 m³/sMay
0.4 m³/sJun
0.2 m³/sJul
0.1 m³/sAug
0.3 m³/sSep
0.4 m³/sOct
0.5 m³/sNov
0.5 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 0.11 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.59 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to May and November.

Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall on Duboka river, Kotor Varoš, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Skakavac Waterfall (lower) is a waterfall on the Duboka river, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Getting there.

Kneževonearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
Banja Luka International Airport (BNX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight lineCar hire at TZL airport (Dubrave Gornje)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From March to May and Novemberbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Skakavac Waterfall (lower) seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Other falls

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Duboka through the falls

The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 434 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 423 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

—viewpoints
—waymarked walking routes
—car parks
—swimming spots
—picnic sites
—toilets
—information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
1other named waterfalls within 4 kmSkakavac Upper
—caves
—campsites
4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmVILA GAJ Srebrenik, Motel Ilomska, Jesik and 1 more
—restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Kneževo5.4 km in a straight line
Živinice7.1 km in a straight line
Maslovare9.4 km in a straight line
Kotor Varoš14 km in a straight line
Dobratići15 km in a straight line
Divičani18 km in a straight line
Pribinić22 km in a straight line
Jajce23 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon °C	2	4	8	14	19	23	26	27	20	15	9	3
Night °C	-5	-5	-1	3	8	12	14	14	9	4	0	-4
Rain & snow (mm)	72	70	68	70	87	82	58	63	86	79	88	84
Wet days	11	11	11	12	14	13	10	9	11	11	12	12
Sun h/day	2.5	3.1	4.5	5.7	6.8	8.2	9.0	8.4	5.7	4.7	2.9	2.1
Snow on the ground (cm)	16	14	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	14

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (743 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

PSP003 spomenik prirode kanjon rijeke duboke vodopad skakavac — Budzak2 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Водопад Скакавац, Дубока — Gordanaignjatic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Споменик природе Кањон ријеке Дубоке - водопад Скакавац 10 — Inga Cvijanovic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	26%	69%	65%	26%	86%	104%	87%	152%	76%	209%	36%	189%
2021	169%	41%	58%	91%	77%	21%	95%	96%	44%	121%	185%	131%
2022	45%	65%	30%	97%	53%	72%	44%	96%	167%	17%	162%	140%
2023	178%	91%	87%	113%	171%	100%	106%	120%	79%	71%	189%	84%
2024	78%	58%	116%	47%	103%	81%	100%	43%	180%	87%	91%	103%
2025	57%	67%	225%	76%	106%	9%	111%	105%	52%	93%	124%	42%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Skakavac Waterfall (lower)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

—Height
0.27 m³/sAverage flow
Mar–May, NovBest months

Pliva Waterfall

Bosnia and Herzegovina

—Height
29 m³/sAverage flow
Mar–May, NovBest months

See the guide

Ilomska waterfalls

Bosnia and Herzegovina

—Height
0.56 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–Jun, OctBest months

See the guide

Bliha Waterfall

Bosnia and Herzegovina

40 mHeight
—Average flow
Mar–Apr, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q106627381) · CC0
River flow and catchment	HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.