Cathedral Cave
Also known as: Blue Dome · Ghar ir-Rih · Cave of Wind · Cathedral Cave - Għasri Valley
Cathedral Cave lies just outside the narrow Wied il-Għasri gorge on Gozo's north coast. Its entrance is only about 5 m deep and leads into a huge domed vault where divers surface in a large air chamber lit through a crack in the cliff.
From the shore divers walk down about 100 steps into the valley and swim out of the gorge before descending, or use the summer ladder at Għar il-Qamħ and follow the wall west; dive centres also anchor in front of the cave by boat. A slope of boulders covered in algae, urchins and brightly coloured starfish leads up into the cave. Inside, the ceiling rises about 15 m above the water, the acoustics are remarkable, and the walls carry delicate corals, sponges and golden zoanthids. At the back a shaft once used to fill the salt pans above is now covered by a slab. The cave faces west, so it is brightest in the afternoon.
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