Underwater landscape Landslide
Average depth 20 mt.
Visibility Good / excellent
Current No
Marine Environment posidonia, coral, madrepores, sponges, anemones, pinna nobilis
Marine Life groupers, snappers, sea bream, scorpion fish, moray eels, white breams, lobsters, corvine
Rock of Diamond
Its name derives from a large limestone clast (stone present in the conglomerate) set in the promontory wall.
RED PATH (up to -40 meters)
After the pre-dive check we will be ready to go down.
Once at -16 meters next to the dead body of the buoy we will begin to fin towards SOUTH-EAST following the landslide up to a maximum of -40 meters.
Huge groupers and snappers follow us curiously. We will stop to illuminate the ravines between the rocks where octopuses, morays, conger eels, lobsters live … Below -25 meters the first red gorgonians will appear. Once we reach the maximum depth we will continue to the left wall and we will gradually go up among the rocks that make up the landslide. Along the way there will be several passages formed by large boulders resting one on top of the other.
After about 20 mn, with the wall on the right, at a depth of -14, we will begin to return to the boat. Two pinnacles with a passage in the center indicate the approach of the chain. After crossing the 2 pinnacles we will go towards the rocks near the promontory reaching a large boulder ranging from -10 meters to -5 meters. The last few minutes will be dedicated to patrolling this area while waiting to finish the 3 mn at -5 m. We will reach the boat leaving the boulder behind us.
GREEN PATH (up to -18 mt)
After the pre-dive check we will be ready to start our dive.
With the buoy chain as a reference point, when we reach -16 meters next to the dead body we will put the wall on the left and we will begin to fin among the rocks of the landslide at the maximum depth of -18 meters where we will be able to meet octopuses, moray eels, starfish , nudibranchs, anemones, scorpion fish, … Large groupers, snappers, white breams, corvine alternate along our route. A glimpse into the blue and a school of tunas swims frantically in search of food. What a show!
It is time to turn the wall to our right to return to the boat, at a depth of -14 meters. Two pinnacles with a passage in the center indicate the approach of the chain. After crossing the 2 pinnacles we will go towards the rocks near the promontory reaching a large boulder ranging from -10 meters to -5 meters. The last few minutes will be dedicated to patrolling this area while waiting to finish the 3 mn at -5 m. We will reach the boat leaving the boulder behind us.
Cecilia Luconi
