Résurgence de Cabouy
The main resurgence of the underground Ouysse, a 20–25 m pool 3 km from Rocamadour beside the town's pumping station. Weed covers the bottom to -6 m; a talus leads to a 4 × 6 m porch at -15 m and continues underground to -31 m before opening into a vast elliptical gallery that rises gradually to -12 m at 275 m. Divers often descend a rope through zero visibility in the pool before the water clears inside. The system links with the Pou Meyssen shaft upstream.
Facts
- Region: France – Lot cave springs
- Area: Dordogne & Ouysse (Rocamadour)
- Depth: 0–31 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: moderate
- Type: cave
- Coordinates: 44.790496, 1.584059
- Highlights: 20–25 m wide spring pool, source of the Ouysse, aquatic vegetation down to -6 m, porch 4 × 6 m at -15 m, slope to -31 m into a huge elliptical gallery, giant potholes, flutes and corrosion blades, connects with Pou Meyssen (Réseau de l'Ouysse)
- Tips: After rain the flow becomes very strong and the level can rise several metres over the old mill weir – check the Dordogne/Ouysse gauges. The spring is a captured water supply: keep away from the pumping station. Full Cave certification (TDI/IANTD/GUE/PSAI/CMAS Full Cave or FFESSM Plongeur Souterrain 3 equivalent) required; without it only as a student with a cave instructor.