Description:
You begin the dive following a glassfibre pole from the buoy. On reaching the sea-bed you head towards one of a series of canyons to the west and rapidly descend to a depth of 27/30 metres. You are now in front of a large granite mass and an extension of smaller granite rocks. Keeping the wall on your left you can see large monolithic forms and a granite ridge. We follow the entire ridge, passing broken anchors we reach an arch shaped opening in the ridge, which we pass through, before turning 180°, and heading left towards a field of small rocks and seagrass. Looking towards the surface, we can see the buoy. The dive has an average duration of 1 hour.
Dive Information:
Position:approximately 1.2miles south east of
Capo Carbonara, the dive site is marked by a light buoy
Sea-bed. granite
Difficulty: Medium-low
Depth:from 12 to 38 metres
Current:present after strong northerlies, sometimes present only near the surface/buoy.
Visibility:excellent all year round
Maximum summer temperature:18 °C
Minimum winter temperature:13°
Of particular interest
The anchors near the buoy
Grottoes rich in coral
Deep canyons
Sea-life present:
seasonal shoals of golden groupers (Epinephelus alexandrinus) on the south side of the buoy, sometimes amberjacks (Seriola dumerili)and very often dentex (Dentex dentex) and other large Serranidae. (Epinephelus marginatus); Red sea-fans (Paramuricea chamaeleon) on the eastern side at around 37 metres as well as large expanses of Parazoanthus axinellae in the darker areas.
Cowries (Luria lurida) and many other invertebrates are visible during night dives
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