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Dive #409 · Thursday, 25 April 2019
Font del Truffe
Lacave, Lot The Quercy causses
- Day 5 of 6 · Quercy causses Apr 2019 →
- 2nd dive of the day(also #408 Fontaine Saint-Georges)
- Max depth
- 11.8 m
- Bottom time
- 46 min
- Visibility
- 15-20
Kit
- Gas
- Nitrox 32
- Cylinder
- D12
- Pressure
- 160 → 110 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Course / purpose
- C9
Where
Font del Truffe
A resurgence in the Ouysse basin near Lacave, six kilometres north-east of Rocamadour.
Dive 1 of 3 here · first 2019 · last Sept 2021
With
On the map
Font del Truffe sumps
No route marked
- Entrance
- T
- End of line
- Shoreline
- Depth
- Along the line
Plan: 40 bar in; Erik filmed. A milky dark pool with a hole just slightly too small, which you fit through with some arm wrestling. On the other side was a chamber where we could wait for each other. After 30 metres it cleared up and visibility became sublime: a few metres wide, light silt and very high, which looked pleasant. Came out at sump 1 after about 60 m. It is a pool where you could take your kit off and climb out. It is quite a walk to siphon 2 where it continues. The sump was noticeably narrower and far more irregular; took some getting used to but very cool. After about 10 minutes we reached sump 2. Turned around here. 1h25 in the cave. Team: Saskia "Workout of the day: 2 reps: 15 min. D12 - walking/crawling"; Erik "Sump diving rocks =)"