naturalistic
archaeological
Naturalistic and archaeological
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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.
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Cala Minnola
Amphorae in the sea grass
In the water off Cala Minnola, at just a few dozen metres from Punta Albarella, a Roman shipwreck can be found at a depth of 27 to 30 m. The wreck features the remains of a shipload of amphorae (fifty), as well as numerous fragments of black painted pottery (used on-board), which have remained in their original location on the seabed.
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THE RAS JEDIR SHIPWRECK
The shipwreck dive suitable for all skill levels
The shipwreck site is located almost at the centre of Cala Tramontana. The dive begins over a seabed 12 m in depth, which gently slopes down to a sandy plateau at a depth of about 7 m, where the outline of the wreck can be seen in the distance. The stern of the steel Libyan vessel, which was sunk in 2001, lies at a depth of about 18 m. Layout of the wreck: the stern lies to the north-west and the bow lies to the south-east.