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Grotta Santa (Lampedusa)

  • CertificationCavern
  • Water temperature≈ 15–27 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
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The 'spectacular' Grotta Santa is on Lampedusa's dive lists, but without depth or description. Practical: it is listed mainly for the Pelagie's special rule: in the caves only on a rebreather.

Isole Pelagie AMP: in submerged caves only on a closed or semi-closed circuit; open circuit is prohibited there.
Source: DM 4 febbraio 2008 – Regolamento AMP Isole Pelagie ↗
Isole Pelagie AMP rules for 2026 (disciplinare): Grotta Santa is on the list of sites for guided dives in zone B. In caves a guide may take at most 4 divers at a time, and guided dives between 19:30 and 7:30 are not allowed.
Source: AMP Isole Pelagie – Disciplinare 2026 ↗
Profile and sections

The 'spectacular' Grotta Santa is on Lampedusa's dive lists, but without depth or description.

Practical: it is listed mainly for the Pelagie's special rule: in the caves only on a rebreather.

Depth and profile
Not published. Lampedusa has 153 natural sea caves, none with much development (2006 study).
Configuration
The AMP regulation (2008) only allows submerged caves on a closed or semi-closed circuit, exhaling outside the cave: so CCR, no open circuit.
DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
Guided sea cave in a reserve: no scooter.
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Cavern
  • Whole caveConfigurations: CCR
  • Whole caveConfiguration unknown — research beforehand · doesn't decide who may dive
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How to get there

By boat or dinghy with a centre on Lampedusa; boats may only row up to the caves of the Isole Pelagie AMP. Guided only.

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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.