Greece
Polydrosos (Kifisos spring)
- Max depth37 m
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ ~10 °Cestimated, no reports yet
- SpecialSidemount
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What it looks like
Σπηλαιοκατάδυση στο Πολύδροσο Παρνασσού | POLYDROSO CAVE DIVING 🔦 Σπηλαιοκατάδυση στο Πολύδροσσο | POLYDROSO CAVE DIVING
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Σπηλαιοκατάδυση στο Πολύδροσο Παρνασσού | POLYDROSO CAVE DIVING 🔦 Σπηλαιοκατάδυση στο Πολύδροσσο | POLYDROSO CAVE DIVING
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The dive
A few metres behind the entrance, roots hang from the ceiling like huge beards, from trees that stand just above a large chamber; this is also where the cave's only air pocket lies.
Profile and sections
A few metres behind the entrance, roots hang from the ceiling like huge beards, from trees that stand just above a large chamber; this is also where the cave's only air pocket lies. On the way in the visibility is excellent, in water of ~10 °C all year round. Deep in the cave lie two drill pipes for the village's drinking water: the large one, 70 cm across, supplies half of Polydrosos, and when the pump is running you hear a loud, characteristic sound (Grafas).
The spring is the source of the Boeotian Kifisos. Just above it lie the remains of a sanctuary of Apollo, where excavations in 1908 found the marble statuette 'The Child with the Goose', from the 3rd century BC and now in the National Archaeological Museum (no. 2772). Polydrosos was called Souvala until 1928; according to Pausanias the ancient city of Lilaia stood here. Greek cave divers explored the spring years ago; Grafas Diving filmed the cave from October to December 2017, together with Addicted2H2O, which came back until 2020.
Practical: volunteers of the Polydrosos women's association keep the area around the spring clean and built a wooden bridge and benches there.
- Depth and profile
- After the entrance you drop to -2.5/-3 m to a restriction 70 cm high, and further on comes a passage 1.70 m wide and 90 cm high. The first shaft goes to -25 m; a second shaft (-25 m at its shallowest, 2.90 m across) drops to -34 m, and the drill pipes lie at -36/-37 m. Then the cave climbs to a plateau at -20 m, where the line ends, ~180 m from the entrance. Beyond it runs a round passage 50 cm across and ~15 m long that has not been explored (Grafas). Max -37 m (Addicted2H2O).
- Configuration
- Entrance 70–80 cm high and a passage 90 cm high: sidemount is the obvious choice (estimate).
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Short (~180 m) and tight: no scooter.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 37 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
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How to get there
The Kifisos spring (Agia Eleousa) lies ~1.5 km north-west of the village of Polydrosos, at the northern foot of Mount Parnassos (municipality of Delphi), by the ruins of the Byzantine church of Agia Eleousa. The entrance, facing south-east, is 1 m wide and 80 cm high (Grafas; Addicted2H2O: 70 cm). No dive centre offers cave dives here; no permit rule is known.
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