Grotta di Nereo (Cueva de Nereo)
Italy · Capo Caccia, Alghero, SardiniaReckoned to be the largest underwater cave in the Mediterranean. It opens in the limestone cliffs of Capo Caccia, about 100 m north of the famous Neptune's Grotto. The cliff falls vertically to some thirty metres, where the deepest entrance lies; there are further mouths at 18 and 16 m. It is possible to follow a complete ring through the interior, passing through wide chambers with walls covered in red coral, an ascending tunnel into a hall lit from outside and a broad passage with a white sand floor that returns to the starting point, exiting through a window at around 18 m.
Depth
16–33 m
Recommended level
Advanced Open Water; the narrow tunnels require a cave qualification
Access
Boat from Alghero / Porto Conte
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Protection status
Área marina protegida de Capo Caccia - Isola Piana
Did you know
El nombre se lo pusieron sus descubridores en honor a Nereo, el 'anciano del mar' de la mitología griega y padre de las nereidas. Pese a su fama, no es una inmersión especialmente profunda: los espacios son tan amplios que suele recomendarse como primera experiencia de buceo en cueva, aunque los túneles laterales sí quedan reservados a titulación específica. La zona se llama Riviera del Corallo precisamente por el coral rojo.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (Nereo Cave / Cueva de Nereo); SSI MyDiveGuide; Capo Galera Diving
103 species documented in Grotta di Nereo (Cueva de Nereo)
Aguja de mar
Syngnathus acus
Alitán
Scyliorhinus stellaris
Almeja fina
Ruditapes decussatus
Critically EndangeredAnguila europea
Anguilla anguilla
Anjova
Pomatomus saltatrix
Araña de mar de nariz larga
Macropodia rostrata
Arca de Noé
Arca noae
Argonauta
Argonauta argo
EndangeredAtún rojo
Thunnus thynnus
Bacoreta
Euthynnus alletteratus
Least ConcernBogavante europeo
Homarus gammarus
Bonito atlántico
Sarda sarda
Ecosystem
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