Salento · about 2 km from Santa Maria al Bagno (Nardò)
Grotta Luigino Marras
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 14–26 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Fill stationCosta del Sud Diving ServiceAir, nitrox, trimix, oxygen, argonRoute ↗
- Fill stationScuba Diving OtrantoAir; ask about nitrox and trimixRoute ↗
What it looks like
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The dive
A purely karstic cave with several air bells; light enters through cracks in the rock. Nothing is published on the air in the bells: don't breathe it.
Profile and sections
A purely karstic cave with several air bells; light enters through cracks in the rock. Nothing is published on the air in the bells: don't breathe it. It is often combined in one dive with the neighbouring Grotta Verde: partly flooded, three large arches, ~40 m, greenish light and many sponges and bryozoans.
Practical: one local centre asks for a specialty card.
- Depth and profile
- Three entrances at -4, -8 and -10 m · main chamber ~25 m across · ~25–30 m development
- Configuration
- All configurations; roomy chamber with several entrances
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Short cave; no gain
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
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How to get there
Below Torre dell'Alto, at the southern end of the Porto Selvaggio nature park (Nardò); with a local dive centre.
Around Grotta Luigino Marras
Fills2 fill stations · nearest 2 km
Costa del Sud Diving Service
Lungomare Santa Caterina 6, 73050 Santa Caterina di Nardò (LE)
Air, nitrox, trimix, oxygen, argon
Daily 7:30–20:30 according to its SSI listing; ask outside the summer season
SSI Instructor Training Center with rebreather and XR training; rents drysuits and scooters among other gear; boat and shore dives. Dives the Porto Selvaggio and Santa Caterina caves and reports being authorised for the AMP Porto Cesareo and the Porto Selvaggio park. Fills for visitors and sofnolime: ask.
Scuba Diving Otranto
Via del Porto 1, 73028 Otranto (LE)
Air; ask about nitrox and trimix
Open all year according to a listing; ask
SSI centre at the harbour with daily day and night dives from three RIBs (2× 7.4 m, 1× 10 m); technical training incl. trimix and rebreather. Lists caves among its dive sites — ask which.
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