naturalistic
archaeological
Naturalistic and archaeological
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SCOGLIO PETRA NAVE
The ship studded with coral
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.
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RELITTO DEI CANNONI
The barbary pirate ship of Punta Libeccio
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.
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PUNTA FALCONIERA
The archaeological and naturalistic dive
The northern tip of Punta Falconiera is characterised by a rocky wall that is interrupted to the east, at a depth of about 15 m, by a sandy valley with banks of sea grass. In this direction, you will descend to a depth of about 30 m, where you will encounter a steep slope made up of sand and organogenic debris. Following the guiding rope, you will come to a slightly sloping plateau at a depth of 20 m. Continuing southward, you will descend to a depth of 30 m, where the seabed consists of a series of sloping steps with large isolated rocks and banks of sea grass, while beyond the escarpment the sea floor is sandy and covered by debris. Nearby, you will find a rocky wall covered by crevices that you can follow to reach the dive’s end point.