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Grotta degli Occhi

Palinuro and Cilento · about 1 km from Palinuro

Grotta degli Occhi

Closed to divers

Closed: after the accident of 30 June 2012 the coast guard (ordinance 23/2012) prohibited all activity within 30 m of the Grotta degli Occhi until the end of the judicial investigation. In November 2026 the Palinuro coast guard confirmed that the ordinance is still in force.

Source: Guardia Costiera Palinuro – ordinanza 23/2012 (Grotta degli Occhi) ↗Source: Guardia Costiera, Ufficio Circondariale Marittimo Palinuro, e-mail November 2026: info checked ↗
  • CertificationFull cave
  • SpecialExperienced divers
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  • Fill stationPalinuro Sub Diving Center~7 min drive (estimate)Cylinder fills and rental; gases not stated — ask about nitrox, trimix and O₂Route ↗
  • Fill stationDiving Continente Blu~18 min drive (estimate)Not stated — askRoute ↗
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Status
Closed

What it looks like

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The dive

A local centre lists this cave as a recreational, technical and cave dive. In 2017 the president of the Vallo della Lucania court wanted its muddy side branch physically closed; whether that happened is unknown.

According to the court president (2017), four divers died here in June 2012 (reported at the time as the 'Grotta del Sangue'). Stay out of the muddy branch he wanted closed.
Source: Giornale del Cilento, jun 2017 ↗Source: Sky TG24, jun 2012 ↗
A local centre still offers the cave, but under ordinance 23/2012, which according to the Palinuro coast guard (November 2026) is still in force, all activity within 30 m of the cave is prohibited.
Source: Guardia Costiera Palinuro – ordinanza 23/2012 (Grotta degli Occhi) ↗Source: Guardia Costiera, Ufficio Circondariale Marittimo Palinuro, e-mail November 2026: info checked ↗
Profile and sections

A local centre lists this cave as a recreational, technical and cave dive. In 2017 the president of the Vallo della Lucania court wanted its muddy side branch physically closed; whether that happened is unknown.

Depth and profile
Depth and length not published; has a muddy side branch.
Configuration
No data on passage sizes: take a compact configuration and always run a line.
DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
Muddy and confusing: not a scooter dive.
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Full cave
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveConfiguration unknown — research beforehand · doesn't decide who may dive
  • Whole caveExperienced divers only · doesn't decide who may dive
Experienced diversDepends on water level or swell

This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.

How to get there

By boat from Palinuro harbour, with a local dive centre.

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Around Grotta degli Occhi

Fills2 fill stations · nearest 1 km

  • Palinuro Sub Diving Center

    ~7 min drive (estimate)

    Via Porto snc, 84051 Palinuro (Centola)

    Cylinder fills and rental; gases not stated — ask about nitrox, trimix and O₂

    April–November; hours not stated

    Harbour dive centre with one boat; the team has dived here since 1983. Runs cavern and cave courses and dives the Capo Palinuro caves in small groups (4–5). Second base with classroom at Hotel Le Tre Caravelle. CCR support not stated.

    Website ↗Navigate ↗

  • Diving Continente Blu

    ~18 min drive (estimate)

    Marina di Camerota

    Not stated — ask

    Not stated — ask

    Dive centre in Camerota (listed by CilentoMag). Its website did not respond during our research; ask about services, gases and fills.

    Website ↗Navigate ↗
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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (national cave registry via Grottomap, Logbook Immersioni, 2025 disciplinare of the Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta AMP, Comune di Centola, dive centres and tourist sites, Divernet, scientific papers, news reports 1984–2017, SIMSI list 2024; Sept 2026), with Palinuro Sub's dive-site pages and the Palinuro coast guard's 2025 bathing-safety ordinance (Nov 2026) and its ordinances 14/2011, 23/2012, 06/2017 and 14/2024 from the archive on guardiacostiera.gov.it. Pins from the cadastre, the dive-site database, the AMP buoy plan or Grottocenter (see each site); ~ = estimate. Rules change — check locally.