Cave Diving

The area offers cave diving for all skill levels of cave divers. Deep Impact supplies cave diver guides, cave diver team support, equipment and cave diver training up to Rebreather Full Cave. Deep Impact also regularily arranges diving expeditions to interesting cave diving locations around the world.

Sea cave of Isla Grosa:  An eighty meter sea cave with very little silt and no side passages. Maximum depth is eight meters. We use this frequently for cave diver training and equipment testing. The tunnel has air access at least in two points. At the very back of the tunnel is a lot of floating debris, and caution is advised. The opening offers good points for primary and secondary wraps. After that the surfaces are smooth and tie-offs require a little creativity. Sometimes the entrance is inaccessble due to heavy seas.

Cueva del Agua in Isla Plana: A huge labyrinth of warm water galleries and chambers. This cave has over 2.5 km of explored tunnels. The line currently ends at around a kilometer inside the cave. Maximum depth is twenty meters with an average depth of ten meters on most dives. The cave does not flow any more and is very silty at parts. The entrance cavern zone is suitable for novice cave divers but deeper exploration is serious and requires solid cave diving skills. The entrance area has a memorial plate for divers who have perished in the cave. Some of their equipment is still in the cave as a grim reminder to  make sure you are properly trained and equipped. We dive this cave frequently and use it also for advanced cave diver training. The water temperature is 29 degrees C all year around at depth with a serious thermocline and halocline on shallow depths.

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Cueva del Moraig in Denia:  A long fresh water cave with a sea entry. The cave has over 2 km of explored tunnels with the line currently ending at just over a kilometer inside the cave. The cave has a single tunnel upto 325 meters in after which it splits into three main tunnels. Water is cold and flowing so there is very little silt. The maximum operating depth to around 400 m is twenty meters. Beyond 400 m the cave slowly deepens until at around 700 m it drops abruptly to fifty meters and deepens still. Entry to this cave may be difficult or impossible in heavy seas. This cave is suitable for all levels of cave divers.

Cueva de la Virgen: A thirty meter tunnel with a sea entry. This cave is special, as it opens up into a cathedral like chamber filled with fresh water. The chamber is open from its roof and on the wall is a single palm tree. According to legend the palm tree is the oldest one in this area. The cathedral chamber has also some underwater side rooms. There is usually a halocline in the tunnel. This cave is suitable for all levels of divers, including open water divers. Maximum operating depth is fifteen meters. Sometimes the entrance is inaccessble due to heavy seas.

Cueva de Lago: This is truly a wonder of nature. This cave has a sea entry which opens up into a dry cave after ten meters inside. The dry area contains a fresh water lake which in its turn contains a cave entrance in its bottom. Maximum operating depth on the sea entrance is six meters and 21 m in the fresh water lake cave. The entrance and dry area are suitable for all levels of divers but the lake cave is for experienced cave divers only. Sometimes the entrance is inaccessble due to heavy seas.

 
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