About Revisions Cipree Cave Ustica, Italy More Info Max Depth: 61-70ft/19-21m Entry Type: Boat Bottom Composition: Sand Aquatic Life: Might See Something Summer: 76-80°F/24-27°C 9/11/2012 7:25 AM LatitudeAdjustment

Cipree Cave is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in Ustica, Italy. The maximum depth is 61-70ft/19-21m.

Another suggestive cave with a broad entrance at a depth of 18 m (60 ft). The first part of the cave is sandy but as the vault is quite high it isn’t difficult to avoid stirring up the sediment while fining in midwater. A central rock formation at about 20 m (65 ft) from the entrance signals the beginning of the slow ascent towards the surface and therefore to the aerial part of the cave. Here the floor is formed of calcareous debris fallen from the ceiling of the cave. Having reached the aerial part of the cave, if all the torches are switched off, the light filtering through from the main entrance over 50 m (165 ft) away can still be seen reflected off the sea bed. The air here is breathable so the last 10 m (33 ft) of the corridor to the right, that leads to the main room in the cave, can be reached with heads above water. The fine gravel seabed here slowly emerges from under the water to form a small beach where the white points of hundreds of stranded ciprinids and murex stand out against the dark gravel and looking upwards to the particularly high ceiling roots, from the plants growing outside, descend to form broad arches. Without the torches on here divers would find themselves surrounded by absolute darkness!

After having experienced the intense emotion of walking along a submerged beach, the dive continues and the return journey begins through a wide siphon that leads directly to the blue of the exit.