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.

Bufones de Santiuste

Group of blowholes, the tallest create up to 40 m tall fountains. A very impressive natural monument that resembles some of the most powerful geysers.

Bufones de Arenillas

Bufones de Arenillas

Group of sinkholes – blowholes. Some of Europe’s most impressive blowholes that have up to 40 m high fountains (if counted from the sea level).

Bufadero de la Garita

Bufadero de la Garita

Amazing, unusual vortex – blowhole. It has formed in prismatic basalt. Here near the sea coast has formed a constantly changing basin. As the waves come, it rises, flooding over the rims. As the waves recede, the basin empties and water around it falls in it. Near it are smaller blowholes that resemble geysers.

McSwyne’s Gun

McSwyne's Gun

Impressive blowhole. Until the 1908ies its fountain was some 60 – 90 m high and could be heard more than 10 kilometers away. Now it is much less impressive but sometimes still very imposing. South from it are two smaller blowholes – Two Pistols.