Sardinia · about 12 km from Baunei
Grotta del Fico
- Max depth28 m
- CertificationFull cave
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Fill stationBluforia Diving Center (Cala Gonone)Air, nitrox, trimix and mixed gas; twinsets 12+12 and 15+15 and 3 l rebreather cylindersRoute ↗
- Fill stationBase One Cave DivingAir, nitrox, trimix (helium), O₂ — mixing panel and boosterRoute ↗
- Fill stationProtec SardiniaAir, nitrox, trimix (helium), O₂ — mixing panel and boosterRoute ↗
What it looks like
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The dive
The dry main passage runs parallel to the coast, the smaller submerged branch at right angles to it.
Profile and sections
The dry main passage runs parallel to the coast, the smaller submerged branch at right angles to it. Underwater you pass a halocline and thermocline from warm sea water to cool fresh water, over a white sand floor past formations and helictites. The cave was formerly a monk seal haunt.
It was surveyed in 2001 (Busche, Jantschke et al.) and resurveyed in 2022–2023 by Phreatic (June 2022: +410 m, 590 m of old line replaced).
Practical: it is a show cave (May–October, tours 10:00–15:30; >15,000 visitors a year).
- Depth and profile
- Submerged branch to -28 m (cadastre); the first surveyed section lies deeper than -10 m. Cave 2,276 m (cadastre) to >2.5 km (2022), with a large dry main passage.
- Configuration
- Backmount with two stages works without problems to the end of sump 1 (Sebastian von Koss, GUE instructor). Protec finds sidemount (including sidemount CCR) easiest through the restrictions at the entrance. Good trim needed: water density changes quickly.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Restrictions and a smaller submerged branch: no gain.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 28 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
Only from the sea (RIB) from Cala Gonone or Santa Maria Navarrese: high cliffs. Tourists enter by the main entrance ~10 m above the sea; divers use one of the two underwater/sea-level entrances.
Around Grotta del Fico
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 16 km
Bluforia Diving Center (Cala Gonone)
Vico II Palmasera 4/A, 08022 Cala Gonone – Dorgali (NU)
Air, nitrox, trimix and mixed gas; twinsets 12+12 and 15+15 and 3 l rebreather cylinders
Not stated — ask
According to its own site: cave training from Intro to Cave at Bel Torrente to Full Cave at Cala Luna, Bue Marino and Grotta del Fico; KISS and JJ-CCR courses.
Base One Cave Diving
Viale Colombo 15, 08022 Cala Gonone (Dorgali)
Air, nitrox, trimix (helium), O₂ — mixing panel and booster
Daily 8:30–18:30 (InDEPTH business directory)
GUE cave centre operating from Cala Gonone harbour with RIBs; official home of SUEX. Cave dives by RIB: standard €135 (up to 180 minutes), a full day €250, gas and rental cylinders not included; to the Grotta del Fico or the southern caves €25 extra per person. Fills priced per litre (oxygen €0.025/l, helium €0.065/l), for example €20 for a D12 of nitrox 32; whether walk-in fills for non-clients are possible: ask. GUE training at all levels, also JJ-CCR factory classes by visiting instructors.
Protec Sardinia
Via Collodi 9, 08022 Cala Gonone
Air, nitrox, trimix (helium), O₂ — mixing panel and booster
Not stated — ask
Tech and cave centre. Two boats of its own. Training: cave, rebreather, dual rebreather, sidemount and trimix, also CCR maintenance. Guides in Bue Marino, Bel Torrente, Cala Luna, Utopia, Grotta del Fico, Grotta Sifone and Grotta Masseduoe (the last two only with Protec, confirmed Oct 2026); runs the Utopia exploration project (SKEP). Has worked for 21 years with a hotel where most clients stay.
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