Points of cuba Diving in Los Roques. Las Salinas

Located: The Salt mines the Roques is located at the end of the South Barrier of the Park in the extreme West of the National Park, We can accede to this point from a boat sailing single 50 minutes. It is used commonly, Diurnal Diving, Advanced Level.

Kind of depth: The Submarine configuration of this point is extraordinary, this conformed by entrants and projections that sometimes become walls totally vertical covers of soft chorales, black and sponges mainly, in the base of one of these walls to about 24 meters of depth appear a group of caverns, covers of black chorale, the depth in this immersion oscillates from the 5 to 35 meters ideal site for advanced divers, current moderate to forts, depending on the conditions ambientales..

Life forms: During the immersion we will be able to observe great amount of reef fauna and pelágicos fish like júreles, cojinúas, blankets, rays, colored people and lobsters among others.

Briefing of Scuba Diving: Welcome to the cove of End of Salt mines. Here we compare ourselves and when being ready we will sail during five minutes to the mark in where we will begin the called immersion "the Wall of Salt mines". This is a vertical wall that reaches the forty meters but our Maximum depth will be of twenty and five meters. The guide will be first in entering the water so that the group goes towards where he is. There he will check himself that everything is well. In normal condition east is a place in where there is much current.

We will descend up to five meters and we will return to make a control. In case the current is not in normal condition we will return to the surface to embark again since the attractiveness of this place is in the caves of the wall. If the condition is normal we will descend up to eighteen meters in where we will arrive at the first cave in which there is a bronze bell in the entrance. We will penetrate with well-taken care of of not striking the walls since there are many chorales in this.

When leaving this we will reach our Maximum depth that will be of twenty and five meters approximately. We will continue our visual flight this wonderful full wall of caverns. We must be kind to our air consumption, the depth and the time. We will ascend to smaller depths as we are sailing until reaching the five meters or fifteen feet to make our shutdown of security during three minutes. While we took this safety measure we will be able to continue sailing and enjoying the submarine world. The time of the immersion will depend on the speed of the current but it oscillates generally between the fifty minutes.

When entering the caverns we will be able to observe formation of black chorale in the ceilings of the caves and if it is observed towards the blue one from inside it will be able to make excellent photographies.

They are due to be checking continuously the instruments and to be pending always of its companions. The first diver that reachs half of the tank must let know to the guide. They do not have to forget to maintain a good bouyancy since this place is very fragile by the great variety of chorales. During the immersion we will be able to observe great amount of reef fauna and pelágicos fish like júreles, cojinúas, blankets, rays, colored people and lobsters among others.

Generally when the immersion is being finalized sees some blanket or eagle ray sailing deeper. It is important not to direct us to the depth in which is the animal but simply to observe it from above. When finalizing the immersion will be promoted by the line of the buoy of the guide. When arriving at the surface we must approach us to the boat and of being necessary to take the streamline to be able to stop to us. We will be clearing the equipment to us in order: the first ballast belt, soon vest or BC and finally the fins. All this will be given to him to the crew thus to raise this with smaller weight.