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El Greco Cave (Agia Pelagia, Crete)

  • Max depth26 m
  • CertificationCavern
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  • Blue Adventures Diving (Chania)Air and nitrox; no trimix known
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The dive

Short cave with large stalactites and stalagmites. Practical: the centres take Advanced divers.

At the back you ascend a rope through a vertical shaft to an air chamber inside the cave: control your ascent rate.
Source: Manawa / StayWet – Guided dives from Mononaftis ↗
Profile and sections

Short cave with large stalactites and stalagmites.

Practical: the centres take Advanced divers.

Depth and profile
Entrance at ~-17 m, sloping gradually into the cave; ~30 m long. At the back you climb a rope up a vertical shaft to an air chamber at the top of the cave. Diver's Club Crete gives max -26 m.
Configuration
Passage and shaft sizes are not published; judge the configuration on site.
DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
Short cave (~30 m): no scooter needed.
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Cavern
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveConfiguration unknown — research beforehand · doesn't decide who may dive
  • Whole caveGoes down to 26 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
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How to get there

Shore dive from Mononaftis beach (Agia Pelagia), with StayWet Diving Centre or Diver's Club Crete.

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Around El Greco Cave (Agia Pelagia, Crete)

Fills1 fill station · 252 km

  • Blue Adventures Diving (Chania)

    Venetian harbour, Chania, Crete

    Air and nitrox; no trimix known

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    PADI 5 Star IDC on the Venetian harbour of Chania. Takes ~1 hour by boat to the Elephant Cave (two-dive trip, also to the Seal Cave); minimum Open Water and 4 logged dives. Also teaches tec courses.

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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 (cave pages of the Greek teams T2B, Grafas Diving and Addicted2H2O, wannadive, Wikipedia, Greek news reports 2015–2026, summaries of diving laws 3409/2005 and 4688/2020; Sept 2026); for Rhodes the dive centres Lepia and DiveMed, Scuba Hellas, Tribloo and Duikersgids (Oct 2026); Lepia Dive Centre (message, Oct 2026); for Crete and the Ionian Islands Grafas Diving, Addicted2H2O, divernet (Martyn Farr, 2018), showcaves.com, cretanbeaches.com and the pages of the dive centres Aquatic, Achilleon, Blue Adventures and Eurodivers (Oct 2026). Sea caverns at Lindos and on Kefalonia and Ithaca from the pages of Lepia and Aquatic (Oct 2026). For Paros the pages of Paros Divers (amphitritecave.com, parosdivers.com), T2B, Addicted2H2O and the municipality of Paros; for Drakos–Selinitsa in the Messinian Mani Addicted2H2O, Grafas Diving, showcaves.com, the German Wikipedia and the journals of the Northern Pennine Club (1982) and Cambridge Underground (1983) (Nov 2026). The springs of Polydrosos, Kolethra and Ladonas from Addicted2H2O (also by e-mail, Nov 2026), Grafas Diving, allovergreece.com, Amazing Evia and travel.gr (Nov 2026). Pins from T2B, wannadive, showcaves, OpenStreetMap or Wikipedia (see each site); ~ = estimate. Rules change — check locally.