ADVANCED LEVEL  ::  CAVERN DIVE / DEEP DIVE (MINIMUM 100 FEET)
This is another interesting geological formation - and the biggest of Palau's blue holes.  The dive is located between New Dropoff and Blue Corner. Very few dive shops dive this site, as it is most suitable for the more advanced diver.  It is at its best around high tide, as the reef is too shallow to enter through the top at low tide.

The best way to describe this dive is that it is a combination of Blue Holes and Siaes Tunnel.  It drops down vertically to 100 feet (30m), then exits out horizontally under the reef for a short swim.  The hole itself is very wide and well lit (no flashilight necessary), and just looking up inside it is amazing.  It's almost like being inside a cathedral.  The time inside the hole is limited, due to the depth, so after a few minutes you will swim out to the exit, where you can swim up the soft coral covered wall to shallower water - which in itself is very interesing.  Leopard sharks, ornate eagle rays and turtles hang around outside the tunnel.  There are some unusual twists and turns in the reef, with some nice swim throughs.

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