Cova dels Arquets

An underwater cave about 80 m long at l'Estartit, with access from the Punta dels Arquets and an air bubble in the main chamber.

Torroella de Montgrí • Baix Empordà 80m 7m

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Cova dels Arquets

An underwater cave about 80 m long at l'Estartit, with access from the Punta dels Arquets and an air bubble in the main chamber.

Torroella de Montgrí · Baix Empordà

Sviluppo: 80 m · Profondità: 7 m

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An underwater cave about 80 m long at l'Estartit, with access from the Punta dels Arquets and an air bubble in the main chamber.

Caratteristiche

Tipo: Grotta
Comune: Torroella de Montgrí
Regione: Baix Empordà
Unità: Montgrí, el
Sviluppo: 80 metri
Profondità: 7 metri
Unità principale: Prepirineu
Litologia: Calcare
Aggiornato su EspeleoÍndex: 1 gennaio 2022

Località

From l'Estartit you can drive to the Plaça del Molinet (if the access is not closed with a barrier). From there you have to get into the water and swim in a N direction following the coastal wall. Once you reach the Punta dels Arquets you will have to begin the dive and continue forward about 50-60 m more, following the seabed until you find the entrance mouth.

Ingressi

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Cova dels Arquets
Quota: -7 m
42.058146, 3.212322
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 517568 4656254
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The access is right at the underwater wall, touching the bottom at 7.3 m below sea level. The mouth is an opening of about 2.5 m that leads to an ascending conduit with a floor full of stones and that climbs up to -4 m. Then, through a point that narrows, you reach the main chamber. At its ceiling you reach the 0 m level and it has an air bubble about 3 m in diameter where you can breathe. Following the same direction of travel, the gallery narrows until it is closed off by very sharp stones with no type of erosion.

Idrologia

The main chamber has its entire floor covered with white-coloured silt.

Progressione

The swim can be done in about 30 minutes, so it is worth being equipped with a scooter.

Storia

It seems that the cavity had long been known to some of the divers who make the coast of l'Estartit one of their most visited spots for their activities.

The first news about the cave hit the press in July 2014 when two divers became trapped in the air bubble of the final chamber and could not get out due to the zero visibility of the water. Despite the rapid intervention of specialists from the Guardia Civil, one of them lost his life.

Motivated by the lack of information about the cave, on 19 and 20 December 2021, Fabio Rueda and Joel Llebot made two entries into the cave, collecting the data that provide this record.