Amazing caves diving !

Padre Nuestro

The "Padre Nuestro" is a cave of unequal beauty. For those divers who did not yet become addicted to cave diving after "La Sirena", will become so after this dive.

The limestone was formed on the ocean floors millions of years ago and pushed to the earth´s upper surfaces through geological processes.

About 20,000 years ago, huge amounts of water was locked frozen at the poles as ice. Thus the sea level was between 100 and 120 meters lower than today. The eroding of limestone by rainwater, melted ice and rivers created underground hollows, which developed over time into corridors, caves and caverns.

Stalactite formations were also created: stalactites (hang) and stalagmites (stand) . The latter are formed when calcium-rich water drips down a wall creating forms like on a tapestry. With the melting of the polar ice around 10,000 years ago, the ocean levels rose to those found today, filling the cave systems created beforehand, much to the happiness of today´s cave divers.