peter bassill · operator
$ cat diving/sites/xeropunta

Xeropunta.

An easy site with rock formations that include a cave with a freshwater spring, several arches and a shallow cavern to swim through. It has many colourful encrusting sponges and corals. The centre often sees greater slipper lobsters here in their May–June mating season.

Where · Reached from Fiskardo. The centre does not give its position. Type · mixed Depth · to 16 m Logged · 115 dives, 11 Oct 2004 – 28 Jun 2005
$ man xeropunta
01 / The dive

What's down there.

POINTS OF INTEREST
  • Cave with a freshwater spring
  • Several arches
  • Shallow cavern swim-through
  • Underwater information trail for certified divers (installed 2018)
MARINE LIFE
  • Encrusting sponges
  • Corals
  • Greater slipper lobster (often seen May–June)
DEPTH & CONDITIONS

Maximum 16 m (centre). No minimum depth given; includes a shallow cavern swim-through.

Rated 'easy' by the centre; access is not stated. The 16 m maximum is within Open Water limits, and the arches and shallow cavern suit newly qualified divers. The centre placed its trail for certified divers here in 2018.

$ grep xeropunta diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here

115 dives.

From the log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.

2004 35
2005 80
#2500 · 2 Jan 2005 #2506 · 3 Jan 2005 #2525 · 8 Jan 2005 #2536 · 10 Jan 2005 #2546 · 12 Jan 2005 #2558 · 15 Jan 2005 #2561 · 15 Jan 2005 #2569 · 17 Jan 2005 #2570 · 17 Jan 2005 #2575 · 18 Jan 2005 #2578 · 19 Jan 2005 #2580 · 20 Jan 2005 #2585 · 21 Jan 2005 #2586 · 21 Jan 2005 #2590 · 22 Jan 2005 #2593 · 22 Jan 2005 #2601 · 24 Jan 2005 #2609 · 26 Jan 2005 #2612 · 26 Jan 2005 #2616 · 27 Jan 2005 #2634 · 31 Jan 2005 #2657 · 5 Feb 2005 #2664 · 7 Feb 2005 #2674 · 9 Feb 2005 #2675 · 9 Feb 2005 #2682 · 10 Feb 2005 #2704 · 15 Feb 2005 #2711 · 17 Feb 2005 #2712 · 17 Feb 2005 #2717 · 18 Feb 2005 #2718 · 18 Feb 2005 #2724 · 19 Feb 2005 #2735 · 22 Feb 2005 #2736 · 22 Feb 2005 #2745 · 24 Feb 2005 #2755 · 26 Feb 2005 #2772 · 2 Mar 2005 #2777 · 3 Mar 2005 #2780 · 4 Mar 2005 #2817 · 12 Mar 2005 #2826 · 14 Mar 2005 #2829 · 14 Mar 2005 #2834 · 16 Mar 2005 #2853 · 19 Mar 2005 #2881 · 26 Mar 2005 #2883 · 26 Mar 2005 #2894 · 28 Mar 2005 #2898 · 29 Mar 2005 #2928 · 5 Apr 2005 #2946 · 9 Apr 2005 #2976 · 15 Apr 2005 #2978 · 16 Apr 2005 #2992 · 19 Apr 2005 #2999 · 20 Apr 2005 #3001 · 21 Apr 2005 #3003 · 21 Apr 2005 #3012 · 23 Apr 2005 #3018 · 24 Apr 2005 #3047 · 1 May 2005 #3073 · 6 May 2005 #3119 · 16 May 2005 #3121 · 17 May 2005 #3163 · 26 May 2005 #3174 · 28 May 2005 #3177 · 29 May 2005 #3184 · 30 May 2005 #3205 · 4 Jun 2005 #3212 · 5 Jun 2005 #3216 · 6 Jun 2005 #3231 · 9 Jun 2005 #3234 · 10 Jun 2005 #3264 · 17 Jun 2005 #3277 · 19 Jun 2005 #3280 · 20 Jun 2005 #3288 · 22 Jun 2005 #3301 · 25 Jun 2005 #3309 · 26 Jun 2005 #3313 · 27 Jun 2005 #3314 · 27 Jun 2005 #3316 · 28 Jun 2005

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