Salento
Grotta delle Tre Furneddhe
- Max depth23 m
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 14–26 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
Diving and fills
Dive here with
Fills nearby
- Fill stationCosta del Sud Diving ServiceAir, nitrox, trimix, oxygen, argonRoute ↗
- Fill stationScuba Diving OtrantoAir; ask about nitrox and trimixRoute ↗
The dive
A wide corridor opens into a chamber with a skylight in the roof. You find sponges, 'false coral' and tube anemones (Cerianthus) there.
Profile and sections
A wide corridor opens into a chamber with a skylight in the roof. You find sponges, 'false coral' and tube anemones (Cerianthus) there. In August 2025 the local cave-science group Apogon saw a lionfish in the cave during a research dive (venomous invasive species — don't touch).
- Depth and profile
- Entrance -7 m · max -23 m
- Configuration
- All configurations; wide corridor and chamber
- 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)
- Goes down to 23 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.
How to get there
Shore dive from the rocks at 'Il Curvone' in Santa Caterina (Nardò).
Around Grotta delle Tre Furneddhe
Fills2 fill stations · nearest 0 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.
Drive times from Santa Maria al Bagno (Nardò): we don't know this site's exact spot.
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