Grotte des Moraines
Dive site
A sea cave accessible from below, the Grotte des Moraines opens into a chamber that surfaces into a dark, bat-filled gallery above the waterline. Divers enter through a wide arch at 8 metres and can explore the ceiling, festooned with white and yellow encrusting sponges growing in the absence of light. Moray eels mass near the entrance, and the cave's exit frames a cobalt-blue open-water shot that is among the most reproduced in Mediterranean dive photography.
Conditions
Depth
5 to 25 m
Open water and up
Current
Variable
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
25 to 40 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
12 to 27°C
3mm wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 13 |
| Vis (m) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 15 |
| Current | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Mediterranean moray eel
Photo: frahome · CC BY-NC
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
European spiny lobster
Photo: Albertini maridom · CC BY-NC
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Common octopus
Photo: Susanne Spindler · CC BY-NC-ND
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Yellow cluster anemone
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
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