Grotte de la Triperie
Marseille Calanques · France
A spectacular cavern and tunnel system carved into the white limestone base of the Calanques cliffs, Grotte de la Triperie is one of the Mediterranean's most photogenic cave dives. The main cavern floods with a vivid turquoise light at certain angles, its ceiling encrusted with bright orange cup corals (Astroides calycularis) that thrive in the low-light environment. Lobsters, moray eels, and sleeping nurse-like angel sharks tuck into the sandy floor.
Conditions
Depth
5 to 25 m
Open water and up
Current
Variable
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
15 to 28 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
13 to 26°C
5mm wetsuit
Your chances of seeing each animal
Orange cup coral
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
European spiny lobsterVulnerable
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Mediterranean parrotfish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Angel shark
Rare
Now and then
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