Cave entrance
Cocklebiddy Cave
Cave: CDAA site rating [2] (Directory lists the site as Cave and Advanced Cave without mapping the zones on the page consulted.). Advanced Cave: CDAA site rating [2]. These categories are the named scheme's own; they describe the training a site calls for.
The only entrance to Cocklebiddy Cave: a long dry entrance chamber ending at a 180 m lake where the first of three long sumps begins. Dived by written application to the WA parks authority.
The entrance leads into a chamber more than 300 m long that ends in a lake about 180 m long. The first sump starts from this lake and runs about 1 km to the Rockfall Chamber; everything beyond requires carrying equipment over rock piles between long sumps.
The CDAA rates the cave Cave and Advanced Cave. Trips are planned weeks ahead because divers must apply in writing to the state parks office with an application and indemnity form.
The environment
Dry entrance chamber and lake, then long, straight flooded tunnel; the water is too salty to drink.
For orientation, not navigation. Hollow dots are approximate.
Every fact on this page, with its source (7)
| Fact | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The CDAA directory rates Cocklebiddy Cave (6N48) Cave and Advanced Cave. | Verified | [2] |
| The entrance chamber is over 300 m long and leads to a 180 m lake; the first sump is about 1 km long to the Rockfall Chamber. | Verified | [1] |
| The cave water is too salty for human consumption. | Reported | [3] |
| Divers apply in writing at least four weeks in advance to the District Manager, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Esperance, using the application and indemnity form.Agency name as published by the CDAA; confirm the current WA office. | Verified | [1] |
| Coordinates are the Cocklebiddy locality centre, not the entrance.Area-level point. | Verified | [4] |
| Coordinates are the Cocklebiddy locality centre, not the entrance.Area-level point. | Verified | [4] |
| The CDAA rates the cave Cave and Advanced Cave, and divers need written approval from the WA parks authority. | Verified | [1] [2] |
Verified: stated by an official or primary source we opened. Reported: from a secondary source only. Sources conflict: the note gives both versions. May be out of date: the newest source we found is old.
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