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Les Grottes du Portail
Piton Saint-Leu, Réunion, Reunion
EntryBoat
Max depth25 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyIndian Ocean
Water temp23–28°C
Estimated from climate dataMar–Dec
About this site
Les Grottes du Portail is a cave dive site near Piton Saint-Leu, Réunion, Reunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 25 m. Commonly reported marine life includes stingrays, moray eels, groupers, lobsters, sea turtles. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 23 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
- Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
- Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus- Convict SurgeonfishAcanthurus triostegus
- Moorish IdolZanclus cornutus
Nearby sites
- 1Ali Baba0.5 km
- 2L'Arche de Noël1.0 km
- 3Grotte aux Dentelles1.3 km
- 4Sec Jaune1.6 km
- 5Tombant des Grottes1.9 km
- 6La Pointe au Sel2.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org