Diving Points

El Cau

Travelling time: 10 minutes

Underneath the San Sebastian lighthouse there is a little cove protected from the North winds by its surrounding cliffs. The dive is in two parts.

- The first starts in the cove which has a smooth bottom at a depth of 10 metres with posidonia (Posidonia oceanica) where groupers (Labrus merula), long striped wrasse (Crenilabrus ocellatus), grey wrasse (Crenilabrus mediterraneus), octopus (Octopus vulgaris) hide and in the clear parts, with fine sand, are red sea bream (Mullus surmuletus) and weevers (Tracchinus draco).

- The second dive leaves the cove in the opposite direction (East) to a fault or wall at 20 metres with numerous fissures, small promontories decorated with white gorgonias (Eunicellas singularis), finger sponge (Axinella verrucosa), lobsters (Palinurus elephas), sea bream (Puntazzo puntazzo), groupers (Epinephelus guaza) and finishes in a small underwater valley at 38 metres. It is important to start the return with sufficient air as you could easily use it up in the cove.