Best Dive Sites
Allume
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Allume is a dive spot with two half-opened caves and one real cave with a big dome and a narrow exit.
Atlantis Bay
By boat & from shore - All divers
Banco di Santacroce
By boat - All divers
Beltorrente Cave
Boat - easy
GROTTA DELLE OSTRICHE OR BELTORRENTE
The Cavern of the Oysters is the entrance to a huge submerged cavern system. This cave has his name from the ancient fossilized oysters covering some part of the walls This is are a safe and easy first step to get a first impression of the world of cavern and…
Biankas Garden
Boat - Medium
BIANCAS GARDEN
Named after a long time client who was with us on a discovery dive, this dive site impresses with its abundance of sea fans and sponges that makes it looks like a garden. Starting at 16 meters/ 50 feet, this ancient volcanic lava flow gently slopes down to about 24 meters/75 feet in…
Cala dei Turchi
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
CALA ROSSA
BOAT - VARIABLE
In the Gulf of Tonnara a few hundred meters offshore from a bootm of about 40/50mt this shoal comes with its top about 10 mt.deep. There are several paths you can follow on this huge rock where there is a high concentration of life. Eels, congers, lobsters, crabs…
Calafuria
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Campione
From shore - All divers
Canyon
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Capo Caccia
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Network of caves underneath Capo Caccia. Very interesting dives, with caves of various sizes at different depths.
Capo d Enfola
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
First steep drop to 18 m then after a short dive a drop to 45, fan corals, octopusses, moray etc
Capo Noli
From shore - All divers
Capo Sant Andrea reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Castello Aragonese
By boat & from shore - All divers
Cebello
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Very beautiful fan corals and "mountain" formations.
Chiesa di San Giorgio
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Christ of the Abyss
Boat - easy
‘The Christ of The Abyss’ – this giant, submerged, bronze statue made of bronze was created in memory of Dario Gonzatti, one of the pioneers of scuba diving who began scuba diving in these waters. The Christo is in the bay of San Fruttuoso where there is an abbey dating…
Ciccillo
By boat & from shore - All divers
Colombara
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Colombara is a great dive because of the swim through caverns. The first cavern at 36 metres is a long vertical wall then on the way back there are two swim throughs with Margherita de Mare (parazoanthus) and lobster and at the end an exciting siphon which starts at 20 metres; you can surface…
Coticcio
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Amphores, Rocks, lobsters
Croce
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Cross
Faro di Portofino
By boat - All divers
Ferdinandea volcano
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This submerged volcano is over 400m high and its summit is eight metres below the surface. It was formed at the collision point of the African and European tectonic plates and has disappeared under water since it surfaced during the 19th century. Underwater volcanoes can be biodiversity hotspots as…
Formiche della Zanca
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Nice dive-thru
franata di corniglia
By boat -
Galera
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Parts of a wreck of a fishermans boat, scorpionfish, roman amphores
German Lighter - Lazzaro
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Media DEPTH -40 mt, type sandy bottoms.
Small German ship lying on the bottom slightly bent on one side.
FLORA AND FAUNA sponges, urchins and spirografi encrusted hull of this well preserved wreck. Surrounded by benches and anthias Castagnole.
Gli Archetti
By boat - All divers
Good Dive, you can pass under many little archs populated by many Corals
Golfo di Naxos
By boat & from shore - All divers
Grotto Azurro
By boat - All divers
Very nice dive-thru and a cavern
Il Canalone
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Il Cristo Degli Abissi
From shore - All divers
Sculptor: Guido Galletti
Sunken date: 1954
The statue is in the middle of the bay. Best is to visit her, and continue the dive to the east.
Il Cristo di Riva del Garda
From shore - All divers
The site is protected by buoys and diving area is equipped with codline that provide a path along the wall and near the Christ submerged, even with poor visibility.
The backdrop on one side is characterized by hills, stretches of rocks and algae at low depth (-3/-15m), where you can pike, perch…
Il panettone
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Il Pifferaio
By boat - All divers
Attention: Marine Park since 2007, ACCESS WITH RESTRICTIONS.
Isola Bella
By boat - All divers
Isola del Garda
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Isuela
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
KT12 Wreck
Boat - Advanced
THE KT12 Wreck
The wreck of the german, armed cargo ship was sunken the 10th of June 1943. The torpedo fired by the british submarine Safari broke away the bow of the vessel and lies about 300 yard/meter away from the main wreck. This wreck is considered one of the most beautiful of the…
KT12 Wreck The Bow
Boat - advanced
THE KT12 BOW
When the KT12 was torpedoed the third torpedo hit the boat on the very bow and snatched it off. The bow lies now on 33 meter of depth about 300 meters/yards away from the main wreck and is not so often visitated as the bow is difficoult to find due his size. Not beeing frequently dived…
La Galleria Cave
Boat - Easy
LA GALLERIA CAVERN
Another entrance to a vaste cave system still under exploration. We limit us on the first meters to enjoy the beautiful rock formations
La Grotta Dei Gamberi
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Tonino?s favourite dive is "La Grotta Dei Gamberi" (The Cavern of the Shrimps) because of its abundance of pelagic animals like the tuna, big groupers and dentix. He also loves the smaller animals ? this dive is called after the massive families of white shrimps which live here. In front of the cave…
Laghetto Standiana
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Lago Gad
From shore - All divers
Lake.
1.050 m s.l.m.
Fishing.
Lago Laux
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Alpine Lake, 1380 s.l.m
Lago Nero
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Alpine lake. Altitude 2020 m
Lago Verdina
From shore - All divers
Lo scoglietto
By boat - All divers
Lo Scoglione
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Malgrate
By boat & from shore - All divers
Excellent, quiet and sunny, windy in the morning. Training camp for divers of all levels
Milford Haven Wreck
By boat - Kamikazes/Trimix
The biggest Wreck in the mediteranean sea.
The Tanker Amoco Milford haven sunk the 14 April 1991.
The supertanker Haven was launched in Cadiz during 1973: she was 335m-long, 52m-wide, with a maximum capacity of 230000 tons
The complete name of the tanker was Amoco Milford Haven and a true…
Miramare
From shore - All divers
Mohawk deer
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Mohawk deer wreck
Monaci - Italy - Sardinia - Caprera
- Easy
Two dive spots: Light House and Engine
Monaco
By boat & from shore - All divers
Nasello Wreck
Boat - Advanced
THE NASELLO WRECK
This wreck is a 150ft/45mt. long german cargo vessel sunken in the 3rd of march 1943 by the british submarine Safari. It's depth is 110ft/33mt. and she rest on her port side on a sandy bottom.This dive is usually the first of three we do in this region of the Gulf of orosei, the…
Naxos pier
By boat & from shore - All divers
On the south side of Naxos pier is a surprisingly good dive site
Orrido di Sant'Anna
From shore - CMAS *** / Rescue
Attention to the flood.
Paguro
By boat - All divers
Wreck of a gas drilling offshore platform, exploded and sunken at the end of September 1965. Since then, the wreck has become an artificial reef that collects a plenty of marine life and in 1995 has been declared biological protected area by the government.
Top of the structures are at -9m and…
Parco Sommerso di Baia
By boat & from shore - All divers
The area has been designated a national marine park due to its biological, geological and archaeological importance.
Parete delle gorgonie
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
In this dive site is possible to find almost all the Mediterranean species on sea animals and plants. Huge red gorgonians from 30 meters, small red corals trees and several kinds of fish.
Punta Castagna
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
A very scenic diving. At 10 meters you can see a plateu of white pumice stone. Pumice stone is mined on the surface. A bit like snow.
The dive gets deeper and we can see huge blue Gorgonians, the size of trees.
Due to the depth the dive is rather challenging.
Punta d'Eolo
By boat & from shore - All divers
Punta del Papa
By boat - All divers
LST 349 Wreck
Punta del Turco
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Punta della Civitata
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Punta della Lea
By boat - All divers
Punta della Madonna
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Punta della Zanca
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Rather steep wall, very nice place
Punta dello Zenobito
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Punta Guardiano
By boat - All divers
You moor boat close to the island shore.
Granitic shore slopes downward to the sand bottom at 30mt.
Between granitic boulders you find morays and octopuses.
Groupers are a guaranteed encounter, depending on the drift you may also see dentex, sea bream, barracudas.
Punta Nera
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The boat anchored in the protection of small rock, one emerges into the open water on a sea grass field to a depth of approx. 13-14m. At the end of the sea grass field, at the point where only sand is, it appears at the edge of the sea grass along the right field. After about 10-15 minutes, do you…
Punta nera di Osala
Boat - easy
PUNTA NERA DI OSALA
The perfect place for (not only) beginners, this site has a depth of 20-50 feet allowing long and relaxed dives to enjoy the abundance of marine life and colours.
Punta Pizzaco
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Punta San Pancrazio
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Punta Secca
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Punta Tegge
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Beautiful granite rock formations. Lots of scorpion fish, octopus, slipper crabs.
Sant'Angelo
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Santa Lucia Bank
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Scogliafina
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Scoglio del Bottiglione
By boat - All divers
Scoglio del Remaiolo
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Scoglio di Remaiolo East
By boat - All divers
Scoglio Quaglietto
By boat - All divers
This dive is suitable for all skills. However, OW divers will miss the small cave where a statue of the Madonna has been sunk.
Large quantities of shripms can be seen close to the Madonna.
Scoglio Segato
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Secca del Garage
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Secca Del Papa
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
One of the best sites in Italy and the whole Mediterranean Sea : you can find can almost all the marine species of the Mediterranean Sea but, above all, groupers and barracudas.
Call this diving for more info: http://www.centrosubtavolara.com/
Secca della croce
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Secca delle Formiche
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
A reef made up by two rocks going from a depth of 10m to a depth of 30m. An easy dive, with the opportunity to see a wide variety of fish, including scorpion fish, groupers and octopus.
Secca delle Formiche di Vivara
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Secca di Miseno
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The dive starts at -22 m down to -45 m. Very nice dive site full of red and yellow sea fan.
Secca di Punta Nera di Osala
Boat - advanced
Secca di Punta Nera di Osala
This shoal arise from a sandy bottom several meters up in various rocks and layers.his place is nicely covered with marine life and it is a special place to find nudibranches.In September we will encounter big schools of Barracudas and Amberjacks
Secche di Tor Paterno
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sesljan - Molch
From shore - All divers
There is a WWII wreck of german submarine Molch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTRbiX44fBo
Spalmatore
From shore - All divers
Beautiful sandy area with sea grass and jellyfish. Very relaxing.
Spargiotto Island
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Rock formations, spider crabs, moray eels, groupers
Tevfik Kaptan
By boat - All divers
The mountain of Scilla
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Huge conical rocky monolith on a sandy bottom, surrounded by boulders and rocks.
Visibility generally good, often excellent, put up stanchions and currents of the Strait scendenti (need for guides).
The rock is completely covered with yellow sea fans and red, very showy with their intense…
The white cliff
From shore - All divers
DEPTH from -5 to -20 mt, Small walls with large rocks. Clouds of castagnole, thrushes, Donzelli swim around the rocks in which are hidden small scorpion, bavose, mullet, moray eels. Each rock is then covered with sea urchins, starfish colorful, small colored nudibranchi.
Torri del benaco
From shore - All divers
Masses of rock
Tropea Jetty
By boat - All divers
Good dive spot. easy to dive. sometimes drift dive.
Wreck of Pomonte
From shore - All divers
I was there off-season, might be more crowded during the summer. Very nice wreck in a very nice spot.