During the cold winter season you can find them huddled together while in summer they can be caught basking around in the warmth. The columns form a beseeching walkway inviting visitors to explore deep inside.Īmerica’s largest Sea Cave in Florence, Oregon is home to the sea lions. Its unique structure formed from hexagonally jointed basalt columns is a true work of Mother Nature. Let’s take a gilded tour for a visual insight into some of the world’s most captivating sea caves.įingal’s Sea Cave on the Scottish Island of Staffa is by far the most famous sea cave the world has ever known. What then captures one’s attention? It is the sheer beauty and existence of sea life. Unlike terrestrial caves, inside a sea cave there are no sculptures or carvings to see or depths to explore. Sea caves can be explored using boats or on foot during low tide, which is deemed advisable since a wave carries more power inside a cave. While the two best known sea caves are Europe’s Fingal’s Cave on Staffa Island in Scotland and The Blue Grotto of Capri, the Greek Islands, the west coastal states of the United States, the Bristish Isles and the Hawaiian Islands boast of a variety of equally splendid sea caves. Intrigued by the mystery of these sea caves, people from far and near come to explore them.
Formed by the constant and tremendous force of the waves on a weakened spot of the shoreline or coastal cliff causing them to crack from within and take form over the years, sea caves have come to exist throughout the world, some small and some large.
Sea caves are nature’s most beautiful sights to behold.