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Grotte de la Triperie
Avenc de la Tripariá · Sormiou, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyMediterranean Sea
Water temp13–23°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Grotte de la Triperie is a cave dive site near Sormiou, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, octopus, soft corals, lobsters, sea fans. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 13 to 23 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Red StarfishEchinaster (Echinaster) sepositus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Black Sea UrchinArbacia lixula
European Spiny LobsterPalinurus elephas
Smooth StarfishHacelia attenuata- SalemaSarpa salpa
- Rainbow WrasseCoris julis
Nearby sites
- 1Les Canons0.3 km
- 2Les Capelans2.0 km
- 3Grand Congloué5.0 km
- 4Exsurgence de Port-Miou5.0 km
- 5Cala maussana5.4 km
- 6Tunnel de planne5.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org