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Lightning Corner / Es Racó des Llamp / Las Cuatro Cuevas
Mercadal, Balearic Islands, Spain
Max depth18 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyMediterranean Sea
Water temp14–25°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Lightning Corner / Es Racó des Llamp / Las Cuatro Cuevas is a cave and cavern dive site near Mercadal, Balearic Islands, Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 18 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, sea turtles, octopus, moray eels, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 14 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
SalemaSarpa salpa
White SeabreamDiplodus sargus
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
Nearby sites
- 1Cueva de los Ingleses / English Cave0.4 km
- 2Punta des Murter0.5 km
- 3La Llosa des Patró Pere4.3 km
- 4Isla de Tirant4.3 km
- 5Cap Roig4.4 km
- 6Ad Jatia4.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org