A SEA OF LIGHT, SCUBA DIVING AT THE ISLAND OF ELBA
The sea around the Elba Island preserves an almost complete example of the natural habitat you could admire underwater in the whole Tyrrhenian Sea. You may swim over fluctuating poseidonia meadows among which hide large shoals of salps, wrasses, sargos and lively donzellas, or you can descend among clouds of damselfish through large canals and walls covered with sea fans.
Caves and narrow passages between rocks open again and again on scenic landscapes. And even more, the sea still preserves evidence of the ancient sea trading and it is not rare to discover amphora fragments or other pieces of this kind.
(By Giorgio Mesturini and Marco Tenucci published on Itineraries and Places)
Some itineraries for diving on the island
Shallows of Fetovaia Scuba diving Elba Island
Shallows of Fetovaia, these shallows are situated on the southern side of the island near the cape bearing the same ...
Shallows of Careno Scuba diving Elba Island
Between Capo Sant’Andrea and Formiche della Zanca, the great Careno Shallows rise up to 14-20 meters from the sea surface.
...
Stones Blacks Scuba diving Elba Island
Blacks Stones Capo Caldo is the southern border of the Gulf of Porto Azzurro. Descending near the cape, the diver ...
Remaiolo Rock Scuba diving Elba Island
Remaiolo Rock is situated at the southernmost point of the Elba Island inside the Bay of Remaiolo and in front ...
Corbella Rock Scuba diving Elba Island
Corbella Rock Scuba diving Elba Island, not far from Capo Stella, the promontory separating the Gulf of Lacona from the ...
Gemini Rocks Scuba diving Elba Island
Gemini Rocks This group of emerging rocks is situated near the coast west from Capo Calamita at Capoliveri. The descent ...
Scoglietto of Portoferraio Scuba diving Elba Island
Scoglietto of Portoferraio
Just outside the bay of Portoferraio there is a small isle: the seabed beneath it is made ...
Tip Nasuto Scuba diving Elba Island
Sailing west of Marciana Marina is Punta Nasuto. Here the seabed is very varied. An interesting dive is the one ...
Focacciaiola Rock Scuba diving Elba Island
Focacciaiola Rock, about 200 meters out to sea from the Gemini Capoliveri , rocks there is another partially emerging rock ...
Formiche of the Zanca Scuba diving Elba Island
To the west of Marciana Marina, between Capo Sant’Andrea, Sant’Andrea and Punta della Zanca, is Formiche della Zanca, one of ...
Pablo Peaks Scuba diving Elba Island
Pablo Peaks Near Punta Bianca Capoliveri there are some rocks reaching a couple meters below the surface of the water ...
Punta of Madonna Scuba diving Elba Island
Not far from the previous dive is Punta of Madonna, which can be reached in just a few minutes by ...
Capo Enfola and Scoglio the Nave Scuba diving Elba Island
Approximately a half hour navigation from Marciana Marina is Capo Enfola, where close to the coast is situated the large ...
Shallows of Capo Fonza Scuba diving Elba Island
These shallows near Capo Fonza, are one of the most popular dive sites of the Elba. The shallow is easily ...
Elviscot the shipwreck of Pomonte Scuba diving Elba Island
This is one of the few dives on the Island of Elba that can be commenced from the shore.
...
Capo Stella Scuba diving Elba Island
The route for the dive near Capo Stella (Lacona), the western limit of the Gulf of Stella, initially follows the ...
Junkers 52 Scuba diving Elba Island
About 300 meters north from the lighthouse of Portoferraio and 37 meters deep is the wreck of a Junkers 52 ...
Punta Cannelle Scuba diving Elba Island
Tip of the Cannelle is situated on the north side of the Gulf of Porto Azzurro (about a mile east ...
Sub circles on the Island
Portoferraio