Northern Spain · about 10 km from Folgoso do Courel
A Buraca das Choias
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ ~7 °Cestimated, no reports yet
- SpecialExperienced divers
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What it looks like
Espeleobuceo en Buraca das Choias ESPELEOBUCEO en BURACA DAS CHOIAS
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The dive
A karst cave in limestone between slate beds in the Montañas do Courel Geopark, with an active underground river, large decorated chambers (including 'El Museo') and a fossil upper gallery with palaeontological remains.
Profile and sections
A karst cave in limestone between slate beds in the Montañas do Courel Geopark, with an active underground river, large decorated chambers (including 'El Museo') and a fossil upper gallery with palaeontological remains.
The cave was surveyed in 1983 by G.E.S. Ártabros; the low, flooded passage was first dived through in December 2014. From 2017 to 2019 Geoceanic and other clubs explored to the eleventh sump, beyond which the riverbed becomes impassable. The Grupo de Exploración da Buraca (GEB) passed the tenth sump in July 2019.
- Depth and profile
- Dry section ~200–290 m · ≥10 sumps with air galleries in between · S2 with a ~50 cm diameter passage · explored to S11 (2019) · ~1,200 m explored per one source · sump depths not published · water ~7 °C
- Configuration
- Small cylinders / sidemount with minimal gear only; the second sump has a ~50 cm passage.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Tight sumps and dry sections with lakes — no scooter terrain.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Sidemount / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Experienced divers only
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How to get there
Cave with an entrance vault >10 m high near Visuña. The dry section to the first sump (~200–290 m, with two lakes) is also visited on guided caving trips (May–November). Explorers haul ~70 kg of gear per diver inside.
Around A Buraca das Choias
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