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Grotta dei Gamberi (Filicudi)

  • Max depth45 m
  • CertificationCavern
  • Water temperature≈ 15–27 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
  • SpecialExperienced divers
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The dive

Filicudi's 'shrimp cave' is full of shrimp and other life; large groupers often live in the canyon above. Not to be confused with the Grotta dei Gamberi on Ustica.

Dark, winding tunnel with the entrance at -37/-39 m and the site to -45 m: plan gas and no-deco time, and only go with a guide who knows the cave.
Source: Il Giornale dei Marinai, nov 2023 – Top 10 diving spots in Sicily ↗
Profile and sections

Filicudi's 'shrimp cave' is full of shrimp and other life; large groupers often live in the canyon above. Not to be confused with the Grotta dei Gamberi on Ustica.

Practical: there is one recent source (2023); ask whether a centre still runs there.

Depth and profile
Inverted-V entrance at -37/-39 m, where a dark, winding tunnel begins; the site goes to -45 m. Length not published. Back up through a volcanic canyon.
Configuration
Winding tunnel at nearly 40 m: backmount or sidemount, and nitrox or a generous gas plan.
DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
Guided sea cave: no scooter.
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Cavern
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveGoes down to 45 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
  • Whole caveExperienced divers only · doesn't decide who may dive
Experienced diversThrough a dive centre or guide

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How to get there

By boat with a centre from the Aeolian Islands (Lipari or Vulcano; on Filicudi itself we found no centre with a source): anchor at Capo Graziano and follow a ledge with stones and Posidonia to the entrance.

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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (Oct 2026): the Isole Egadi AMP regulation (DM 1 June 2010) and the decrees for Capo Gallo (2002), Plemmirio (2004) and the Pelagie (2008) via mase.gov.it, SUB magazine (Marettimo, 2020), Il Giornale dei Marinai (2023), divingaway.com, balarm.it, Duikersgids, milazzo.life, the PADI pages of Blu Tek Diving, Capo Murro Diving Center and Nike Diving, the SIMSI chamber list (March 2024), AGI (2021), Wikipedia; for the Plemmirio caves the AMP's route pages and 2026 rules (disciplinare) and Capo Murro Diving Center's site (Nov 2026). Only those two caves have a pin, from the buoys in the AMP rules; for the others the map links search the place. Rules change — check locally.