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Paleokastritsa caves (Corfu)

  • Max depth40 m
  • CertificationCavern
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Sea caves and caverns around Paleokastritsa and its monastery, with shrimp, soft corals, octopus and crayfish. In the Hole of Ha fresh and salt water mix, and there are fossil shells in the rock.

Colovri (entrance -40 m, narrow passages) and the Chimney (from -28 m) are deep: the centre asks for Deep Diver or Cavern and at least 100 dives.
Source: Achilleon Diving Center – Caverns & Caves ↗
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Sea caves and caverns around Paleokastritsa and its monastery, with shrimp, soft corals, octopus and crayfish. In the Hole of Ha fresh and salt water mix, and there are fossil shells in the rock.

Depth and profile
Nine caves and caverns. Easy (Open Water): Neptune's Hole (-8 m), Hole of Ha (-18 m, cavern with an open roof), The Caves (-22/-23 m) and The Monastery (-22/-25 m, 10 m tunnel). Advanced: The Bottle (-25 m), Blue Eye (-16 m, three caves in a row that surface inside the mountain; at least 50 dives, max 4 per group). Hard: Odysseus's Cave (entrance -30 m, exit -22 m; at least 100 dives), The Chimney (shaft from -28 to -5 m; Cavern certification) and Colovri (entrance -40 m, exit -32 m, narrow passages beyond; Deep Diver and at least 100 dives).
Configuration
Sizes are not published; Colovri has narrow passages. Achilleon also offers rebreathers for try dives.
DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
Short guided sea caves: no scooter.
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 40 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
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How to get there

By boat with Achilleon Diving Center from Paleokastritsa, 5–20 minutes; open from May to the end of October.

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Around Paleokastritsa caves (Corfu)

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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.