Diving itineraries Vulcano
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La franata dell'arcipelago
This dive is in the channel between the island of Vulcano and Lipari.
The point of entry is easy to find. There are two big hotels built right on the cliffs of Vulcanello.
We start in front of the space between the hotels.
The sea bed goes down gradually and forms a plateau at a depth of between 3 and 10 metres,
covered with loose rocks and seaweed.
We move towards the island of Lipari until we come to a steep decline,
where between 10 and 20 metres there is a landslide area made up of a small rocks.
As we go deeper to a depth of between 35 and 45 metres, the rocks get larger and larger and the dive is very interesting.
Depth:
30mt min. - 45mt max
Grade of difficulty:
medium/challenging
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Capo Testa Grossa
Observing Testa Grosso from the sea, we notice that it is a solid headland that finishes
in a wall that goes down into the sea with a north-south direction.
The dive starts from the bay to the north of the headland, right next to the rock.
In the bay the rock goes straight down forming a vertical face where we find sponge colonies.
If we carry on we come to the most interesting part of the dive.
The rock face is full of nooks and crannies which go down to a depth of over 50 metres.
Depth:
25mt min. - 40mt max
Grade of difficulty:
medium/difficult
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Scoglio del Quaglietto
This is one of the nicest dives that the island of Vulcano has to offer.
From the walls of the rock, to the inside of the grotto where there is a statue of the Madonna
and a large quantity of shrimp.
Depth:
20 mt min. - 30 mt max
Grade of difficulty:
medium/easy
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Capo Grosso
A dive down a beautiful perfectly vertical rock face, which from the surface, stops on the sandy bottom at 50 metres.
Depth:
20 mt min. - 40 mt max
Grade of difficulty:
medium/easy
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La parete della Sirenetta
The dive takes place down a beautiful vertical rock face,
the edge of which starts at 16 metres and goes down to a depth of 47 metres,
and on a plateau with the edge of the rock face on one side, and the cliff face of the island on the other,
near the rock called The Sirenetta.
Between the cliff face and the plateau are many sulphur fumaroles,
which colour the surrounding sand yellow and red.
Depth:
20 mt min. - 40 mt max
Grade of difficulty:
medium/challenging
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Capo Grillo
This dive takes place alongside an impressive volcano slope that reaches great depths.
The site is very interesting for photographers, offering them an infinite number of fantastic
colourful macro opportunities.
The dive starts close to shore with the slope to our right.
Right away, we meet groupers and octopus in their hotels. At a depth of 18 mt. there is a big grotto,
where on entering we come across small red prawns that crawl across the rock face.
Proceeding along the slope, at the depth of 41 mt. there is a crack in the face that seems to be shrouded in a cloud of anthias,
the inside of which is inhabited with a few mustela and a lot of prawn.
Depth:
18 mt min. - 41 mt max
Grade of difficulty:
medium
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