Lot · about 9 km from Rocamadour
Source de la Finou
- Max depth33 m
- CertificationFull cave
- SpecialExperienced divers
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- The Cave To BeAir, nitrox and trimix up to 320 bar (standard 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/50), O₂ up to 220 bar
- Lot Filling Station (Proteushop)Air, nitrox (any %), trimix (incl. 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/70 and custom), O₂ 200/300 bar
What it looks like
plongée La Finou Plongée Spéléo - La Finou - Balade jusqu'au S3 - Lot #cavediving #plongéespéléo #diving Plongee souterraine à La Finou juillet 2015
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plongée La Finou Plongée Spéléo - La Finou - Balade jusqu'au S3 - Lot #cavediving #plongéespéléo #diving Plongee souterraine à La Finou juillet 2015
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The dive
You get in at a pool among the trees, often covered with algae and branches. S1 drops over a slope of loose pebbles to ~-30 m and runs on as a wide passage (max -33 m), until you surface through a small shaft after about 285 m.
Profile and sections
You get in at a pool among the trees, often covered with algae and branches. S1 drops over a slope of loose pebbles to ~-30 m and runs on as a wide passage (max -33 m), until you surface through a small shaft after about 285 m. Then comes 700 m of dry passage. Visibility is often good, but small sumps sometimes hold brown, tannic water.
The Finou is a temporary outlet of the Padirac river. In all the system has 22 sumps and ~3 km of diveable passage; the first Finou–Padirac traverse was in 1996.
Practical: the cave floods in the rainy season. The spring is on private land, so call the owner in advance (details p. 59).
- Depth and profile
- S1 285–310 m / -33 m; S2 3 m; S3 240 m / -6 m; S4 35 m / -3 m; S5 575 m / -14 m; S6 100 m / -4 m; S7 40 m / -5 m; S8 130 m; S9 135 m / -18 m
- Configuration
- Backmount; sidemount or a small set also work. Mind the unstable gravel slope in S1.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable
- 22 sumps with long dry sections (700 m after S1) and an unstable gravel slope; sidemount/small kit
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 33 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
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How to get there
Commune of Montvalent. From the Saint-Georges spring pool cross the bridge and follow the track past a house; park at a field with a large water tank. The spring is 60 m past the hedge left of the tank, among the trees, up a brook that is dry in summer. The last stretch of road is very steep, not for a normal car.
Around Source de la Finou
Fills2 fill stations · nearest 14 km
The Cave To Be
842 rue Émile Zola (D14, Bournazel), 46500 Gramat
Air, nitrox and trimix up to 320 bar (standard 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/50), O₂ up to 220 bar
Open year-round (except between the end-of-year holidays), daily 8:30–19:00
Near Gramat, handy for the sites around Gramat and Padirac. Guided dives in 16 caves of the Lot, at your own certification level (air or nitrox without deco, or one trimix dive with deco). Also courses from cavern to full cave, sidemount, CCR and scooter, rental of overhead gear, a shop and accommodation. Contact: Olivier.
Lot Filling Station (Proteushop)
180 route de la Tuilerie, 46100 Cambes
Air, nitrox (any %), trimix (incl. 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 10/70 and custom), O₂ 200/300 bar
Daily 9:30–19:30, year-round
About 20 min from the Ressel. Standard mixes ready to go; order custom blends in advance (WhatsApp). Also a dive shop (Proteushop), rental of scooters, lights and twinsets, and cave training (PSAI/TDI).
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