Namibia
Aigamas Cave
- Max depth93 m
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ 17–30 °Cestimated, no reports yet
- SpecialSidemount
Diving and fills
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The dive
The water is 25 °C. This is the only population of the blind cave catfish Clarias cavernicola, so keep visits limited.
Profile and sections
The water is 25 °C. This is the only population of the blind cave catfish Clarias cavernicola, so keep visits limited.
- Depth and profile
- A crack less than 2 m wide; dived to 93 m in 2011–12 without finding the bottom.
- Configuration
- Narrow crack: sidemount or small kit; trimix (estimate).
- Gas
- Trimix from 40 m
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 93 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Ropework (SRT) needed
- Experienced divers only
RopeworkDry sections / haulingExperienced diversPermission needed
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How to get there
On Aigamas farm in Otjozondjupa; only with the owner's permission and a signed release. By 4x4 up a ridge, then ~120 m of dark passage with metal stairs and ropes and an iron ladder of ~5 m down to an 18 m pool.
Around Aigamas Cave
FillsNo fill station known nearby
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