Le Colonne di Carloforte

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The underwater topography here is similar to what is seen above water with the rocks, almost outcrops, sloping down to 18-20 meters, creating gullies and fun steps for divers to swim about.

Great variety of nudibranchs (cratena peregrina, flabellina, vacchette di mare, doridi tricolore, doride argo), small animals, colorful sponges and parazoanthos. There are big colonies of sea slugs (hervia, pink flabellina, and dotted sea slug) and an inte

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SSI Training Centers

16m / 52ft

Max. Depth

beginner

Level

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