Pointe au Sel Blowhole (Le Souffleur)

Pointe au Sel Blowhole

This blowhole has formed on an old lava flow from the Piton des Neiges. Usually it creates some meters tall fountain but during the storms it may get very impressive.

Spouting Horn at Cook’s Chasm

Spouting Horn at Cook's Chasm

Impressive blowhole that creates a tall, hissing fountain when a wave enters Cook’s Chasm. The fountain is up to 12 – 14 m high.

Thor’s Well

Thor's Well

Hole in the rocks at the sea that looks as if the ocean is drained in it. This is some 6-7 m wide hole, also 6-7 m deep. It is at its most impressive approximately one hour before the high tide. At high waves, it creates several meters high splashes.

Depoe Bay Spouting Horn

Depoe Bay Spouting Horn

Interesting, quite active blowhole next to the road. It creates up to 9 m high fountains that often pour on the cars that are passing by.

Tinian Blowhole

Tinian Blowhole

Beautiful blowhole amidst several natural pools with emerald-colored water. Wave action has formed also limestone terraces. During rough weather, the blowhole could get up to 60 m high!

Arnarstapi Blowholes

Group of some three blowholes at the famous Arnarstapi cliffs and natural arches. If the sea is rough, the blowholes may produce mighty shots of sea-water that are several metres high.

Boscastle Blowhole

Boscastle Blowhole

Nearly horizontal blowhole that can be observed shortly before or after low tide, at rough sea. Sometimes the fountains go some 30 – 40 m far.

Christmas Island blowholes

Blowholes in Christmas Island

In the jagged limestone along the south-western coast of Christmas Island have formed numerous noisy blowholes. The sight is even more impressive during the mass migration of red crabs.

Bufones de Pria

Bufones de Pria

Unusual landscape – coastal cliffs that have been pierced by many blowholes. At the right direction of wind, there can be seen 20-30 m high eruptions of numerous blowholes along the coast.