Blue Caves (Errikousa) | Paxos’ Soft-Coral Caverns

Site Overview

The Blue Caves off the tiny islet of Errikousa, near Paxos, are a quieter, softer counterpart to the famous Zakynthos caverns. Here the limestone openings glow with the same electric-blue light, but the walls are dressed in soft corals and nudibranchs that give the site a delicate, colourful character all its own. Diving the caves is a gentle, shallow experience suited to Open Water divers, with octopus and cuttlefish in the recesses and anthias shimmering in the light shafts. The remote, peaceful setting keeps the site pristine and the water clear, making it a lovely wide-angle photography trip as much as a dive. It is a perfect half-day from Paxos, pairing geological drama with the soft beauty of the Ionian’s small life and showing yet another facet of the region’s cave-diving riches. Blue Caves (Errikousa, Paxos) sits within Ionian Islands – Lefkada, Paxos, Antipaxos and is best described as a cave and cavern dive. The water here is typically clear, and the profile — from around 3 m down to 22 m — gives beginner divers a rewarding range of routes. Among the life you can expect are Soft Coral, Nudibranch, Common Octopus, Cuttlefish, Anthias. The site rewards a slow, observant approach, and good buoyancy keeps both diver and reef safe. With sensible planning around weather and boats, it ranks among the more memorable stops on a Greek diving trip.