Grotta dei Gamberi (Punta Chiappa)
Cave diving in Liguria · about 3 km from Camogli
- Max depth
- 40 m
- Type
- Backmount
- Certification (estimate)
- Cavern
- DPV
- Not DPV-suitable
Fissure under the tip of Punta Chiappa; ceiling and walls covered in small red shrimp (Plesionika narval). Outside, a wall with red gorgonians and coral; light to moderate current.
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- 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:
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Italian diving forum; its Italia section has threads on diving in Liguria (Palmaria/Porto Venere, Sestri Levante, Riviera di Ponente).
Plan a cave diving trip to Liguria
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 (AMP Portofino, AMP Isola di Bergeggi and its regulation, Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere, Ligurian cave cadastre, Città Metropolitana di Genova, dive centres, logbookimmersioni.it, SIMSI; Sept 2026). Pins come from official POIs, the cadastre or dive-site databases and mark the dive site; ~ = estimate. Rules change — check locally.