la caverne d'Albi baba
Protected Area
Povilla Forest Reserve
Why dive here
With 116+ marine species recorded in the area - including dugongs, eagle rays, great white sharks, manta rays and mobula rays (devil rays) - la caverne d'Albi baba offers some of Loyalty Islands's richest wall diving. Water ranges 24-29°C, warmest January, February, March.
La Caverne d'Albi Baba, now this is a site. We head down into the blue, aiming for the drop-off to the Poindimié trench. Keep your eyes peeled as you descend, because that massive chimney opening up is your ticket into the cavern. It's a real spectacle, dropping you into a huge space that spills out onto the trench's summit ridge. While the official max depth is 29m, the bottom of that trench just keeps going, well past 300m. Inside the cavern, the light plays some serious tricks, giving the whole place a moody, ethereal feel. We've seen schools of platax and fusiliers so thick they almost block out the light. The currents here can be a bit frisky, so it's a site for those comfortable with drift diving, and definitely not for your first time in a cave. Our favourite part? Popping out of the cavern exit, hoping for a shoal of Albi to greet us. It’s a proper shot of adrenaline.
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Conditions
Ocean conditions, forecast and tides for la caverne d'Albi baba
la caverne d'Albi baba Ocean Conditions
Monthly averages for la caverne d'Albi baba, sourced from Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU) - nearest station: Open-Meteo marine grid (-20.94, 165.47) (8km away)
October Averages
Sea Temperature
25°C
77°F · Range: 23.4–27.1°C
Current Speed
8.06 cm/s
Direction: S (187.1°)
Chlorophyll-a
0.052 mg/m³
Very clear (oligotrophic)
Salinity
35.08 PSU
Based on 4 years of monitoring data · Data sources: Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU)
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