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La Grotte à Corail

Also known as: La grotte au corail · Pointe Rascasse

The site lies on a wall perpendicular to the coast and is well sheltered from the mistral, one of the few dives possible in this sector when it blows. The cave is in fact a broad mouth open to the blue, deep enough to slip inside, and its fragile vault demands careful finning. Above it, in 3 m of water, a hole full of cardinalfish is home to a grouper of about 60 cm, and schools of salema patrol the plateau. Archaeologists found flint tools in the cave in the 1960s showing that it was inhabited in the Palaeolithic.

Divesite facts

Categories
Cave, Wall
Typical depth range
12 to 38 m

Tags

cave wall red coral grouper cardinalfish salema sponges boat dive

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