CRYSTAL CLEAR: ABACO’S ASTOUNDING UNDERGROUND CAVES (3)
This is the third in a series showcasing the wealth of beauty that lies beneath the many thousands of acres of pine forest that cover the vast majority of South Abaco. I have previously featured sets of wonderful photos taken by diver Hitoshi Miho in the underground cave systems of Abaco, in conjunction with the Bahamas Caves Research Foundation. The links to these posts are given below. This post showcases some of the photos taken by Abaco’s leading cave diver, well-known Brian Kakuk. The following images all come from RALPH’S CAVE, one of several systems that lie within the proposed South Abaco Blue Holes Conservation Area.
The maps show the 3 main caves in the SABHCA area, Ralph’s, Dan’s and Nancy’s – also Sawmill Sink. The curve of bay, bottom right, is Rolling Harbour – and one excuse for ‘borrowing’ the map is that I notice that it includes a (tiny) photo of mine of the Delphi Club from the beach that I uploaded to Google Earth a while back…
To get the ‘live’ experience of exploring these underground geological wonders, here is a 6 minute video of a dive in Ralph’s Cave made in June 2014 by Ramon Llaneza of Ramon Llaneza Technical Diving
RELATED POSTS
ABACO’S ASTOUNDING CAVES (1) Hirohito Miho
ABACO’S ASTOUNDING CAVES (2) Hirohito Miho
SAWMILL SINK Industrial Archaeology / Post-apolcalyptic Landscape
Credits: Brian Kakuk, Bahamas Caves Research Foundation, Ramon Llaneza
ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO 
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Wow that looks absolutely beautiful! Coincidentally I am just looking into some caving in Bavaria for next summer – if they look anything like these I’m in!
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Well I certainly hope they do, and at least you won’t have 12-hour journey to get there. But are you ‘dry’ caving or scuba caving I wonder? And are the other members of the Coastal Circumnavigation Committee participating? I didn’t know there were caves in Bavaria – I googled it and the first entry referred to ‘Batcaves’. So that’s where Bruce Wayne takes Robin for their hols…
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Awesome!!
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Thanks! And I think that just what people will be saying about the new premises… RH
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Thanks!!
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I can see why they are called astounding……beautiful
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Thanks Grant – it must be magic to have the skills and confidence to scuba these caves. Not my cup of tea, but I’m pretty content to look at the images… RH (ps are you blogging at the moment – not seen anything recently)
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Absolutely astounding, RH. 🙂
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There are times when I really wish I was able to scuba dive – or even swim competently, really. I’d love to see these for real. Above ground, it’s just pine trees and logging tracks for mile upon mile. No buildings of any sort, no development – and crystal cathedrals a few metres down! RH
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