 - Depth
- 6 - 20 meters
- Sea Bed
- Rocky and sandy with some posedonia.
- Interests
- A series of interconnecting grottos and tunnels.
Abundant sea life.
- Location
- North-West coast of Comino, close to Santa Marija
bay.
- Tourist Attractions
- Santa Marija inlet - reachable by boat. Santa
Maria Hotel close by.
- Speciality
- Reef, cave divers.
- Dangers
- Since this is necessarily a boat dive, help may
not be promptly available except from the dive
boat.
- Visibility
- 20 - 30 meters
- Navigation
- The Santa Marija Caves lie adjacent to each
within an inlet (8m-12m). The inlet is host to a
large number of friendly sea breams (kahli)
that are used to being fed by divers and will
swarm on any tasty morsel offered.
- To navigate the caves the it is a good idea to
start with the left-most cave within the inlet.
This cave, which is connected to the adjacent
grotto on the right does not otherwise lead to
any other exit but the sandy bottom rises almost
to the surface. While in this cave it is always
possible to surface as it is semi-submerged.
- Once out of the first cave, either through the
entrance or the side passage on the right and out
of the grotto, the next cave, also semi submerged
up to an extent, leads to a number of
interconnecting passages all ultimately leading
out to the open sea. For land-based adventurers
it is worth noting that the part of the cave
lying above the water surface may be reached
through a passage leading down from the rocks
above. Once the passages are explored and the
open sea is reached, the area to the left of the
exits may be explored (max depth approx 20m)
prior to returning to the boat , either through
the caves or by circumnavigating the inlet.
-
- Entry/Exit Points
- Boat ladder / platform..
- Shore/Boat/Long Swim
- Boat dive.
|
