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Cape Greco · about 15 km from Ayia Napa

Nail (Xylofagou)

  • Max depth17 m
  • CertificationOpen water / no overhead
  • Water temperature≈ 18–30 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet

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The dive

Per Cyprus Tourism conditions here are almost always good, with sea slugs, starfish and moray eels. The source says nothing more about the caverns themselves.

Profile and sections

Per Cyprus Tourism conditions here are almost always good, with sea slugs, starfish and moray eels. The source says nothing more about the caverns themselves.

Neighbouring Bullet Point lies off a shooting range, with bullets on the bottom.

Depth and profile
Rocky bottom with small caverns; down to 17 m.
Configuration
Small caverns with daylight: recreational gear with a torch (estimate).
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Open water / no overhead
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveGoes down to 17 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive

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How to get there

From the shore near Xylofagou, east of Larnaca, close to the Bullet Point site.

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Around Nail (Xylofagou)

FillsNo fill station known nearby
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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 (Oct 2026): the Cyprus Tourism dive-site PDF (July 2020, with GPS per site) and the diving pages of visitcyprus.com, the websites of Easy Divers, AquaNaut Diving School and GoToDive, Cyprus Mail (2022) on the chamber and Politis (May 2026) on the Cape Greco sea caves. These are sea caves, caverns and swim-throughs with daylight, mostly from the shore; Pyla Pirate Caves is a boat dive with an air chamber. Certification and configurations are estimates.