Description

The cave develops vertically and is characterized by the presence of elegant brown meagres Sciaena umbra and very big underwater stalagmites, "the monks". The deep entrance is at - 20 metres, the superior one at -7mt. After having passed the atrium we avoid going down in a muddy and dangerous hole. We can go left or right for ascending and reaching the first level where the brown meagres and the boxer shrimp Stenopus spinosus generally live. The second level Is dominated by the big stalagmites. On the wall a nice niche with small coloury and red cardinal fishes Apogon imberbis. We surface in an air bubble with an high vault, helicoids and other cave formations. An oblique tunnel ten metres long brings us from surface to open water (-7mt). In It is easy to find small red scorpion fishes Scorpaena nocato, sponge crabs Dromia personata and different snails. The area around the cave Is valid to observe two banded breams Diplodus vulgaris swarms and the curious Dentex dentex. Opposite the entrance there is a channel reaching -45 mt where deep divers can find the red coral Corallium rubrum.