Tham Sra Kaeo - KR0076

(TH)
8.168790,98.807632
Length 300m Depth 239m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

The resurgence pools of Tham Sra Kaeo are a popular tourist destination. The cave is to the east of the village of Ban Nai Sai and the turning off the H4034 road is clearly marked. Follow this road until the tarmac ends then keep going along the dirt road. After passing the elephant trekking place on the left, turn left at the junction and the road goes along the base of a limestone tower to soon reach the two pools. Martin Ellis - 15/10/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 15/10/2019

This is the second deepest surveyed cave in Thailand and all of it is underwater. It is a very deep vauclusian resurgence with two surface pools which join underwater at -70 m and -205 m. The cave has been dived to a depth of -240 m making it the fifth deepst cave dive in the world. There are several other deep resurgences in this area and the source of the water is not known. At the OZTeK2015 diving conference Ben Reymanents reported that an underwater traverse of 200 m had been dived to another pool. The resurgence pool was used as a location in the film "The Beach".

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 15/10/2019

The survey is based on a Grade UISv2 2-2-A sketch published on Mike Gadd's website. To a depth of -120m this survey is based on the work of Matt London and the Thailand Cave Diving Project. SMART, DEAN (2003) - section to -120m ELLIS, MARTIN (2009) Ellis, Martin; Laumanns, Michael (2017)

Documents

[Topo] Tham Sra Kaeo 11/05/2019
Bibliography 15/10/2019

History

1993 The site was first dived by Matt London and the Thailand Cave Diving Project around 1993 when the two surface pools were connected at a depth of 84m and continued to a depth of -120m using open-circuit equipment. 2000-11 J.H. Park 2005-12 B. Konefe, C. Verdier, M. Gadd reached a depth of -150m using rebreathers. 2006-05 C. Verdier, M. Gadd extended the cave to -201m (reel was found at -186m by Reymanents) 2006-11 B. Reymenants reached the bottom of the sump at a depth of -239m using open-circuit equipment. 2008 B. Reymanents -239m 2006-11-23 M. Ellis, Y. Sopha 2007-12-04 M. Ellis, K. Morton, P. Butler, M. Butler, E. Morton, Y. Sopha 2007-12-14 M. Ellis, K. Morton 2013-01-17 M. Ellis, Y. Sopha, P. Collett, A. Fletcher, K. Lewis Martin Ellis - 15/10/2019

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