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The dive boat is moored at a buoj which is anchored on the reef plateau at 12m. One starts the dive either along the reef slope reaching the cave entrance diving through a coral garden, or you enter the cave directly.

The cave opens up profoundly after the entrance, you could easily park three double-decker busses next to each other. During most of the dive one can surface - bring good torches !

Inside the cave one encounters a large school of rock sweeper and sometimes trevallys take advantage of the light of the torches, trying to catch them. Every now and then we have seen a resting whitetip shark in the cave. This can be a bit scary - especially for the shark, when a two-finned creature comes out of the dark emitting vast amounts of air bubbles.

Surfacing inside the cave after the first large rock behind the first bend with further large rocks, where crayfish are fleeing the lights, one finds the ceiling to be adorned with stalactites and limestone ribbons.

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