Salento · about 3 km from Otranto
Grotta lu Lampiune
- Max depth25 m
- CertificationIntro to cave
- Water temperature≈ 14–26 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Fill stationScuba Diving OtrantoAir; ask about nitrox and trimixRoute ↗
- Fill stationCosta del Sud Diving ServiceAir, nitrox, trimix, oxygen, argonRoute ↗
What it looks like
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The dive
A mostly horizontal cave with four entrances: three underwater and a shaft on the coastal platform. Fine silt covers the floor; at the back are eccentric speleothems and biogenic formations.
Profile and sections
A mostly horizontal cave with four entrances: three underwater and a shaft on the coastal platform. Fine silt covers the floor; at the back are eccentric speleothems and biogenic formations. According to a dive-site guide visibility is good and there is no current.
The Gruppo Speleologico Neretino explored and surveyed the cave (1989); the survey was updated in 2003.
- Depth and profile
- Underwater entrances at -11, -11 and -23 m · max -25 m (average ~-17 m) · main passage 73 m, 108 m in total with side branches
- Configuration
- Passage sizes not published; ask a centre in Otranto
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- At ~100 m with silt, little gain; not recommended
Who can dive where
- At least Intro to cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Configuration unknown — research beforehand
- Goes down to 25 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
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How to get there
By boat from Otranto to Punta Facì, south-east of the town. There is also a land entrance (a shaft ~30 m from the sea).
Around Grotta lu Lampiune
Fills2 fill stations · nearest 3 km
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.
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.
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