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The sea around the island preserves examples of almost every type of flora and fauna found in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Swim over fluctuating poseidonia meadows among which hide large shoals of salps, wrasses, sargos and lively donzellas, or you descend among clouds of damselfish through large canals and walls covered with sea fans. This part of the sea also still preserves evidence of the ancient sea trading and it is not rare to discover amphora fragments or other pieces of this kind.
The Junkers 52 wreck
About 300 meters north from the lighthouse of Portoferraio and 37 meters deep is the wreck of a Junkers 52 of the German Airforce. It was shot down on 9 September 1944 and discovered only in 1997 by a diving center with the help of some local fishermen. In the same area of muddy seabed on which the aeroplane wreck lies large lobsters, European lobsters and moonfish. The dive is rather difficult since it is a deep descent in open sea.
Scoglietto of Portoferraio
Just outside the bay of Portoferraio there is a small island. The seabed beneath it is made of a large variety of natural formations and especially in spring there are shoals of pelagic fish, such as silver amberjacks. The seabed around the Scoglietto is quite extraordinary and deserves various dives. However, the area along the north side is particularly interesting, the first stretch being characterized by large rocks and wide sand patches that gently descend to 25 meters where there is a large plateau.
Continuing to swim towards the open sea, the cliff descends more sharply displaying a beautiful wall that disappears into the depths. Here there is a large sweep of red gorgonias among the branches of which float thick shoals of Anthias. Also interesting are some deep breaches which have vaults completely colonized by numerous varieties of sessile species of amazing colours. Among the rocks of this seabed it is also common to meet groupers.
Capo Enfola and Scoglio della Nave
Approximately a half hour navigation from Marciana Marina is Capo d’Enfola, and a rocky promontory known as the ‘Scoglio della Nave’. The dive can start on the north side of the rock where the seabed descends fairly gently to a depth of 22metres. The exploration then continue along a steep wall that descends 47 meters. The edge has various breaches and splits in which lobsters, moray eels and octopuses usually hide. Particularly beautiful are the Cerianthus commonly growing in the more detrital seabed areas and that stretch their crowns of long and coloured tentacles in the blue water.
At the base of the cliff there is a large breach with walls and vault covered by a great number of sciophilous organisms, such as Sertella septentrionalis and Myriapora truncata, forming a complex calcareous structure. The peculiar morphology of the seabed in this area calls for various dives following the many underwater itineraries.
The Junkers 52 wreck
About 300 meters north from the lighthouse of Portoferraio and 37 meters deep is the wreck of a Junkers 52 of the German Airforce. It was shot down on 9 September 1944 and discovered only in 1997 by a diving center with the help of some local fishermen. In the same area of muddy seabed on which the aeroplane wreck lies large lobsters, European lobsters and moonfish. The dive is rather difficult since it is a deep descent in open sea.
Scoglietto of Portoferraio
Just outside the bay of Portoferraio there is a small island. The seabed beneath it is made of a large variety of natural formations and especially in spring there are shoals of pelagic fish, such as silver amberjacks. The seabed around the Scoglietto is quite extraordinary and deserves various dives. However, the area along the north side is particularly interesting, the first stretch being characterized by large rocks and wide sand patches that gently descend to 25 meters where there is a large plateau.
Continuing to swim towards the open sea, the cliff descends more sharply displaying a beautiful wall that disappears into the depths. Here there is a large sweep of red gorgonias among the branches of which float thick shoals of Anthias. Also interesting are some deep breaches which have vaults completely colonized by numerous varieties of sessile species of amazing colours. Among the rocks of this seabed it is also common to meet groupers.
Capo Enfola and Scoglio della Nave
Approximately a half hour navigation from Marciana Marina is Capo d’Enfola, and a rocky promontory known as the ‘Scoglio della Nave’. The dive can start on the north side of the rock where the seabed descends fairly gently to a depth of 22metres. The exploration then continue along a steep wall that descends 47 meters. The edge has various breaches and splits in which lobsters, moray eels and octopuses usually hide. Particularly beautiful are the Cerianthus commonly growing in the more detrital seabed areas and that stretch their crowns of long and coloured tentacles in the blue water.
At the base of the cliff there is a large breach with walls and vault covered by a great number of sciophilous organisms, such as Sertella septentrionalis and Myriapora truncata, forming a complex calcareous structure. The peculiar morphology of the seabed in this area calls for various dives following the many underwater itineraries.
