St. Lucy Parish

Animal Flower Cave

Discovered in 1780, the cave is a series of underground chambers set inside a cliff face. The cave’s coral floor is around 500,000 years old and inhabited by pinwheel like tube worms that retract when they sense motion. The water is warm.

View outside the cave overlooking the ocean.

View inside the cave with water down below.

The name “Animal Flower Cave” comes from the sea anemones found in the pools of the cave. Some of these pools are deep enough for you to swim in. In fact, that’s my sister in the bottom right picture. She was leaning out the opening right behind her at one point and got yelled at by the tour guide because it’s not safe due to the high tides as they have the capacity to carry you right out to the ocean.

The walls of the Cave are full of interesting formations which are green and brown by oxidation of copper and iron. This picture looks like a ‘hand’.

Entrance to the cave