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Menorca is an island 35 x 9 miles (50 x 15km) with over 100 sandy beaches and reasonably clear water. Water temp
19C - 26C. Some dive centres close out of the tourist season of late March - October. Mahon
airport is in the south east of the island. The decompression chamber is located at the fire station,
a little outside Mahon. The island of Menorca is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve |
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Cathedral Cavern : Giants Playground : Swiss Cheese : Drinking Fountain : Organ Loft : S'Algar Funnels : Sunday Morning : Stanley's Dropoff |
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| Swiss Cheese |
Last updated, September 1998 |
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Shore dive: This is a rock rising from the
sandy sea bed which breaks the surface. A small honeycomb of tunnels with a central cavern.
Many natural light sources. Depth: 23m. |
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| Drinking Fountain |
Last updated, September 1998 |
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 Boat dive: Interesting
how the freshwater halocline plays tricks on you eyes..Viz: 15 - 20m Dived By: S'Algar Dive Centre |
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| S'Algar Funnels |
Last updated, September 1998 |
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Shore dive: Cavern dive almost within sight of S'Algar dive
centre.
Good view of small stalactites and stalagmites just 2m/6ft below
surface. Make sure you wear your sandals as you cross the sharp volcanic rock
before you enter the water. |
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| Sunday Morning |
Last updated by Anorak, September 2000 |
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A short boat trip out to the lighthouse and
reef of Isla del Aire. Few fish but lots of inverts to photograph.
Dived By: S'Algar Dive Centre |
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If you like diving caves and caverns try these in Mexico. The photos are all taken underwater. |
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Photos by Tamworth John, |
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| Giants Playground |
Last updated by Anorak, September 2000 |
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Several long overhangs, swim-throughs and
small caverns. Some opportunities to get the silhouette photos you see in
magazines of a diver through a hole in a wall. I wish I had taken the
camera! We saw a grouper, a medium sized moray and a young stingray. Depth 21m, Temp 250C, Viz 25m/75 feet. Dived by: S'Algar Dive Centre. |
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| Stanley's Dropoff |
Last updated by Anorak, September 2000 |
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This is a wall of just 8m/25 feet high at
26.8m depth. It has lots of life and needs several dives to do it justice.
Plenty of swim throughs with sponges etc clinging to the underside. Reef
fish and hermit crabs. Viz 25m. |
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| The Organ Loft |
Last updated by Anorak, September 2000 |
| Boat dive. In to a large cavern entrance, Be careful of the silt and view the large girth of the pillars. | |
| If you are good on air, you could do Tom's Belfry, the Organ Loft and Cathedral Cavern on one dive. | |
| Cathedral Cavern |
Last updated by Anorak, September 2000 |
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A place to get those classical photos of a
diver in the cavern entrance. There's lots of space and an air pocket
inside - I should have taken my camera!
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| Have you dived the wreck of "La Francisquita" which sank in 40m-50m (130-155 feet) of water? Please let us know what it is like. |
