Salento · about 2 km from Santa Maria al Bagno (Nardò)
Grotta Paolo Roversi
- CertificationFull cave
- 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
The cave has two roomy chambers; the inner one has an air space with a small shingle beach (the air space depends on the tide). It is dark inside, with a strong halocline from inflowing fresh water.
Profile and sections
The cave has two roomy chambers; the inner one has an air space with a small shingle beach (the air space depends on the tide). It is dark inside, with a strong halocline from inflowing fresh water. A second tunnel leads to open sea. Don't breathe from the air space: nothing is published on its air quality.
The cave was once a haunt of the monk seal.
Practical: sources differ on the level. One centre asks for a cave card, another source calls the dive fairly easy; we go by the cave card.
- Depth and profile
- Entrance -4 m · ~15 m tunnel to a partly flooded chamber · max depth not published
- Configuration
- All configurations; wide entrance and roomy chambers
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Short cave; no gain
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
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How to get there
On the rocky coast of Santa Caterina (Nardò), close to the Grotta Marras below Torre dell'Alto. According to a local description it can be reached from shore or by boat; local centres guide here.
Around Grotta Paolo Roversi
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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