naturalistic
archaeological
Naturalistic and archaeological
Browsed itineraries of Sicily and discover the wonders above and below the water of a timeless island
GROTTA DEI GAMBERI (SGENERAL DESCRIPTION The dive begins from the mooring buoy, from which you will
In pursuit of millions of crustaceans
The dive begins from the mooring buoy, from which you will follow the slab of rock until you arrive at the cave’s entrance. Turning towards the coast, you see a pebbly seabed that slopes down to a prairie of sea grass and ends in a rocky environment. The descent ends on the sandy sea floor at a depth of about 44 m, where the cave’s entrance (a large colourful vault about 19 m wide and 6 m high) is found. The cavity has a large main room with an irregular shape. The internal pathway is simple: keeping the wall on your left, you will pass behind a large boulder and will continue on for about a hundred metres until you emerge through a beautiful passageway at the end, at a depth of 27 m. Continuing along the walls, you will reach the cave’s exit, which is characterised by splendid light effects. The re-ascent begins keeping the wall on your right and the blue on your left.
Browsed itineraries of Sicily and discover the wonders above and below the water of a timeless island
CALA TRAMONTANA – THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITINERARY
Punic, Greco-Italic and Imperial Roman amphorae
The beginning of the itinerary, which is marked by a buoy, can be reached by land from the Cala Tramontana pier, or else by sea by mooring your boat to the appropriate float. The itinerary begins at a depth of about 8 m, on a seabed covered with sea grass that slopes down to a sandy plateau.
Browsed itineraries of Sicily and discover the wonders above and below the water of a timeless island
MARTINGANA
The “Sabbione Bianco”: the plain of sand that extends as far as the eye can see
The Martingana dive begins from the white rocks, from which we slowly head down to the bottom on the south side and follow the volcanic wall on the left, the circumnavigation of which constitutes our underwater pathway. The large wall is full of cracks and small natural niches, it also has a small cave known as “shrimp cave”, which is about 30 m deep. It is recommended to descend slowly in order to observe every corner and cavity of this impressive ridge. The spectacular “White Sand” feature is an enormous expanse of white sand that stretches as far as the eye can see from the foot of the wall (maximum depth of about 40 m).