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LONG SEA CAVES OF THE WORLD Compiled
by: Dave Bunnell Oct.2001 - Updated 01/04 Bob Gulden |
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| Rank |
Cave Name |
Location |
Region |
Country |
Length (m) |
| 1 |
Painted Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
374 |
| 2 |
Waiahuakua Cave |
Kauai |
Hawaii |
USA |
352 |
| 3 |
Cueva Tres Pisos |
Baja California |
California |
Mexico |
316 |
| 4 |
Waiwaipuhi Cave |
Kauai, Hawaii |
Hawaii |
USA |
290 |
| 5 |
Sunbeam-by-the-Sea Cave |
Punta Banda, Baja |
Baja |
Mexico |
270 |
| 6 |
Catacombs Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
246 |
| 7 |
Cathedral Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
241 |
| 8 |
Forbidden Fissures |
Santa Cruz County |
California |
USA |
241 |
| 9 |
Sandside Head Cave #2 |
Thurso, Highland |
Scotland |
UK |
230 |
| 10 |
Sea Maze |
San Luis Obispo County |
California |
USA |
229 |
| 11 |
Waialoha Cave |
Kauai, Hawaii |
Hawaii |
USA |
225 |
| 12 |
Virgin's Spring |
Lundy Island, Devon |
England |
UK |
225 |
| 13 |
Sand Hill Bluff Cave |
Santa Cruz Co. |
California |
USA |
206 |
| 14 |
Jumbo Gumbo |
Santa Rosa Island |
California |
USA |
205 |
| 15 |
Parallel Tunnels |
Punta Banda, Baja |
Baja |
Mexico |
204 |
| 16 |
Bat Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
190 |
| 17 |
Seal Canyon Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
189 |
| 18 |
Arch Cave |
San Diego County |
California |
USA |
187 |
| 19 |
Stalactite Cave |
Arbroath, Tayside |
Scotland |
UK |
180 |
| 20 |
Mackinnon's Cave |
Isle of Mull, Strathclyde |
Scotland |
UK |
180 |
| 21 |
Seal's Cave |
Lewis, Western Isles |
Scotland |
UK |
180 |
| 22 |
Keyhole Rock Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
180 |
| 23 |
Three Door Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
180 |
| 24 |
Green Grotto |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
180 |
| 25 |
Swiss Surprise Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
176 |
| 26 |
Big Mother Cave |
Santa Cruz Co. |
California |
USA |
173 |
| 27 |
Shark's Teeth Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
158 |
| 28 |
Bixby Landing Cave |
Monterey County |
California |
USA |
158 |
| 29 |
Blue Grotto |
isle of Kastellorizo |
Dodecanese |
Greece |
155 |
| 30 |
Bass Rock Cave |
North Berwick, Lothian |
Scotland |
UK |
150 |
| 31 |
Sandside Head Cave #1 |
near Thurso, Highland |
Scotland |
UK |
150 |
| 32 |
Three Fingers Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
149 |
| 33 |
Cave of the Mists |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
149 |
| 34 |
Sarawak Chamber |
Santa Cruz County |
California |
USA |
148 |
| 35 |
Neptune's Trident East Fork |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
145 |
| 36 |
Cave of the Lost Soles |
Mendocino County |
California |
USA |
142 |
| 37 |
Houle de la Bi Cotes-d'Armo |
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Bretagne |
France |
142 |
| 38 |
Point Buchon Cave |
San Luis Obispo Co. |
California |
USA |
141 |
| 39 |
Half-Gone Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
141 |
| 40 |
Faille de Brez Finistere |
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Bretagne |
France |
140 |
| 41 |
Witch's Cauldron |
Santa Rosa Island |
California |
USA |
139 |
| 42 |
Respiring Chimney Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
137 |
| 43 |
Cueva Valdez |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
131 |
| 44 |
Geo-na-h-airde |
St. Kilda, Western Isles |
Scotland |
UK |
130 |
| 45 |
Maniniholo Cave |
Kauai |
Hawaii |
USA |
129.5 |
| 46 |
Cave of the Bird's Eggs |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
129 |
| 47 |
Frenchy's Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
129 |
| 48 |
Starfish Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
129 |
| 49 |
Cave of the Harbor Seals |
Punta Banda |
Baja |
Mexico |
128 |
| 50 |
Victory Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
126 |
| 51 |
Peter's Creek Cove Cave |
Mendocino County |
California |
USA |
125 |
| 52 |
Painted Grotto |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
124 |
| 53 |
Double Door Cave |
San Luis Obispo Co. |
California |
USA |
123 |
| 54 |
Shipwreck Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
123 |
| 55 |
Seastack Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
122 |
| 56 |
Lady's Harbor Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
122 |
| 57 |
Papanikolis |
Meganisi, Leucada |
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Greece |
120 |
| 58 |
Culzean Castle Cave #3 |
near Ayr, Strathclyde |
Scotland |
UK |
120 |
| 59 |
Rovers' Cave |
Tobermory |
Ontario |
Canada |
120 |
| 60 |
Complex Chasm |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
119 |
| 61 |
Room with many Windows |
Punta Banda |
Baja |
Mexico |
119 |
| 62 |
Pt. Resistance Cave |
Marin County |
California |
USA |
118 |
| 63 |
Natural Bridge Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
117 |
| 64 |
La Grieta |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
116 |
| 65 |
Grande grotte Morbihan |
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Bretagne |
France |
116 |
| 66 |
Watcomb Bay Cave |
Isle of Wight |
England |
UK |
115 |
| 67 |
Great X Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
113 |
| 68 |
Kalalau Landslide Cave |
Kauai |
Hawaii |
USA |
112 |
| 69 |
Dry Sandy Beach Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
111 |
| 70 |
Emerald Cave |
isle of Milos |
Cyclades |
Greece |
110 |
| 71 |
Dickmont's Den Cave |
Arbroath, Tayside |
Scotland |
UK |
110 |
| 72 |
Fast Castle Head Cave |
Berwick, Lothian |
Scotland |
UK |
110 |
| 73 |
Kalalau Beach Cave |
Kauai |
Hawaii |
USA |
110 |
| 74 |
Little Scorpion Bay #2 |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
108 |
| 75 |
Smuggler's Cave |
San Diego County |
California |
USA |
108 |
| 76 |
Surging T Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
108 |
| 77 |
Collapsing Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
108 |
| 78 |
Outside Tunnel Cave |
Anacapa Island |
California |
USA |
108 |
| 79 |
Cormorant's/Mackinnon's Cave |
Isle of Staffa, Strathclyde |
Scotland |
UK |
107 |
| 80 |
Surfing Tunnel |
Santa Cruz County |
California |
USA |
107 |
| 81 |
Breathing Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
106 |
| 82 |
Starfish Cave |
Mendocino County |
California |
USA |
102 |
| 83 |
Midden Point Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
102 |
| 84 |
Cavern Point Cave |
Santa Cruz Island |
California |
USA |
101 |
| 85 |
Pirate's Den |
Kauai |
Hawaii |
USA |
101 |
| 86 |
Uamh Freisgill |
Loch Eriboli, Highland |
Scotland |
UK |
100 |
| 87 |
Flamborough Head Cave #4a |
Bridlington, Humberside |
England |
UK |
100 |
| 88 |
Livermore Head Sea Cave #5 |
Torquay, Devon |
England |
UK |
100 |
| 89 |
Piper's Cave |
Tresco, Isles of Scilly |
England |
UK |
100 |
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