Painted Cave (Santa Cruz Island)
深度范围指从潜点顶部到通常最大深度；"建议认证等级"是运营商通常要求的主流机构等级，并非法律规定。水流和能见度每天都会变化，请将这里的所有信息视为规划参考范围。
Painted Cave is one of the largest sea caves on earth, running roughly 380 m into the volcanic cliffs of Santa Cruz Island, its entrance walls streaked with the mineral and algal colors that named it. Diving happens at and just inside the vast mouth - a cathedral doorway where kelp frames blue light and sea lions rocket in and out, using the cave as clubhouse and echo chamber. The walls carry anemones and nudibranchs in the low light; seals occasionally haul into the dark interior, which belongs to kayakers on flat days and to no one when swell runs. Divers stay within sight of daylight, listen to the boom of the surge deeper in, and leave the far darkness alone.
您此行的高光时刻: A monumental sea-cave entrance, sea lion flybys in the beam of blue light
地形地貌: Sea-cave entrance and walls dropping to boulder floor, kelp at the mouth
水流: Surge, not current, is the ruling force - the cave amplifies any swell.
入水前须知
危险因素: Surge amplification in the cave, overhead environment beyond the daylight zone, boat and kayak traffic at the mouth.
保育: Within the national park and sanctuary waters; disturbance of hauled-out pinnipeds is prohibited.
你会遇见谁
California Sea Lion
Nudibranchs
Blue Shark
Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
Wolf Eel
Humpback Whale
"已标注于此"的物种由编辑团队从本页所列来源中整理收录。数量为GBIF出现记录数：即1990年以来在标注位置约5公里范围内记录的观测数据，仅与我们目录中的物种进行匹配。这些数据反映的是该地点的历史目击情况，并非对您此行所见的保证。
摄影师专区
广角: ★★★★★ · 微距: ★★☆☆☆ (编辑对该潜点适合各类水下摄影风格的1–5分评级)