Browsed itineraries of Sicily and discover the wonders above and below the water of a timeless island
SCOGLIO PETRA NAVE
At the start of the dive, you will immediately descend down the tract that leads from the anchoring point to the northern wall of the rocky outcropping. After overcoming a detritus slope, you will reach the “coveted milestone”: a series of overlapping rock slabs that form a pyramid-like shoal at a depth of about 30 m, which rises up to just about a dozen metres from the surface. This enormous pile of stones and boulders has created an endless maze of passageways, openings, and impregnable holes. After exploring the large shoal, you can choose between two possibilities: to return along the same path by which you came, and focus your attention upon an area of scattered boulders at depths ranging from 20 to 30 m, or to continue circumnavigating the Petra Nave outcropping counter-clockwise, and focus your attention upon the vertical wall of the outcropping itself.
Browsed itineraries of Sicily and discover the wonders above and below the water of a timeless island
RELITTO DEI CANNONI
Just north of Punta Libeccio, at about 100 m from the coast, a site known as the “Relitto dei Cannoni” (the “Wreckage of Cannons’’) can be found at a depth of 15 m. The gently sloping seabed, which is characterised by naturally split rocks alternating with clearings of sand and gravel, contains traces of an ancient shipwreck: eight cannons of uniform size and characteristics, six of which are lying in disarray along a vaguely rectilinear axis, while the other two are offset by about 20 m to the west. The total distance between the farthest cannons is about 30 m.
Browsed itineraries of Sicily and discover the wonders above and below the water of a timeless island
Capo Graziano
The itinerary is marked by a guiding rope, which is initially fastened to the wall, and then to the bottom at a depth of 29 metres. The dive starts (with sign 0) at the mooring buoy, following an S/N heading. After a brief pause on the top of the shoal, you will begin your descent and will encounter the first artefacts at a depth of about 30 m. Keeping the wall of the shoal on the left and turning right (at sign 2), you will come to the observation platform at a depth of about 30 m (sign 3), from which you can observe wreck A, known as “Roghi” (from the 2nd century B.C.), which is located at depths ranging from 36 to 45 metres. Re-ascending to the depth of 28 m, you will come to a cave (sign 4) that boasts an abundance of natural features. Continuing on, a stone anchor dating back to the fifth century B.C. can be found in the vicinity of a landslide, at a depth of around 25 m (sign 5). Heading back towards the surface, the route turns south through a channel full of small caves (sign 6) at around 8 m, where remains of more recent origins can be found. From here, you will soon return to the starting point (sign 0).