Grotta della Scaletta
Cave diving at Palinuro and in the Cilento · about 1 km from Palinuro
- Max depth
- 50 m
- Trimix from
- 40 m
- Type
- Sidemount
- Certification (estimate)
- Full cave
- DPV
- Not DPV-suitable
An easy-looking entrance with blue water leads to a narrow gallery and a deep, dark shaft. Six deaths in two accidents (1996 and 2016).
More about Grotta della Scaletta
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- Whether this site fits everyone's certification, gas and gear
- Access, parking and the route from the road
- Exact map pin and navigation
- Depth profile and sumps
- Configuration advice
- Warnings with sources (3)
- DPV suitability
- Driving times from your stay and a plan with the AI instructor
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Current conditions
Visibility, flow and water levels change quickly. Right before your dive, check what other divers report:
- Poverosub Forum – Palinuro / Marina di Camerota ↗
Italian diving forum with threads on diving at Palinuro and Marina di Camerota and on the accidents.
- Ente Parco Nazionale del Cilento – AMP Infreschi ↗
Manager of the Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta AMP: rules, permit forms and fees.
- Logbook Immersioni ↗
Italian dive-site database with GPS, including the Capo Palinuro caves.
Plan a cave diving trip to Palinuro (Cilento)
Enter your team, with certifications, gas and configurations, and see right away which caves fit. With driving times from your stay, fill stations and an AI instructor who thinks along.
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). Pins from the cadastre, the dive-site database or the AMP buoy plan (see each site); ~ = estimate. Rules change — check locally.