Korakas Cave
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About this site
Korakas Cave is a sea cave 12 km east of Plakias on Crete, reached by boat. The entrance begins at 8 metres and descends through a narrow passage into a cavernous chamber at 18 metres.
Silt patterns inside the chamber point to Bronze Age habitation, and stone tools occasionally emerge from the sandy floor. The cave supports species adapted to darkness, including ghost pipefish and tiny luminescent organisms.
Cave diving is the hazard here, and only experienced cave divers should enter. The entrance region, at 8 to 12 metres, can be snorkelled to see the dramatic geology of the cave mouth.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Dusky SpinefootSiganus luridusReported here · unconfirmed
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
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