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  1. Island of Elba
  2. Sports and free time
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  5. Scuba diving routes on the Island of Elba
    • Le Cernie landslide
    • I Grottoni - Scoglietto
    • Statue of Christ - Scoglietto
    • Santa Lucia Sandbank
    • Scoglio della Nave (Capo Enfola)
    • Semaforo sand bank
    • Punta della Madonna
    • Formiche della Zanca
    • The Elviscott shipwreck
    • Santa Rita shipwreck
    • Punta di Fetovaia
    • Secca di Fetovaia
    • Secca di Capo Poro
    • Scoglio della Triglia
    • Secca di capo Fonza
    • Corals on the outside
    • Corbella rock
    • Scoglio che bara
    • Punta Morcone
    • Punta della Focacciola
    • Corbelli Rock
    • Remaiolo rock
    • Ripalti
    • Punta Galera
    • Punta le Forbici
    • Picchi di Pablo
    • Capo Calvo - Sassi Neri
    • Punta Nera - Plane wreck
    • Punta delle Cannelle
    • Cerboli
    • Secca del Frate - Palmaiola
    • Ancorone di Capo Vita
    • Secca di Capo Vita
    • Bettolina shipwreck

Scuba diving routes on the Island of Elba

Suggestions at various levels of preparation concerning skin diving

For those who love scuba diving, the Island of Elba is without a doubt a perfect combination of holidays and scuba diving.

The sea bed will give you endless emotions: the rocks, rockslides, grottos, shipwrecks and cliffs that drop sheer down into the deep blue water are very rich in many different forms of life, like red gorgonia, coral, nudibranchs and lobsters.

Around the Island of Elba there are numerous areas for scuba diving and you can go down regardless of the weather conditions because you will always be able to find somewhere sheltered from the wind.

Here is a list of the scuba diving areas that are well worth going to and whose beauty you will never forget.

Le Cernie landslide

Going scuba diving at the Scoglietto means swimming in an environment protection area where most of the Mediterranean sea flora and fauna can be found. Read more

I Grottoni - Scoglietto

Scuba diving in the Grottoni dello Scoglietto enables you to see the entrances to the grottos covered in yellow sponges with lobsters and nudibranches inside. Read more

Statue of Christ - Scoglietto

At only a little less than fifty metres below the surface you will be able to admire a row of rocks covered in beautiful red sea fans. Read more

Santa Lucia Sandbank

The Santa Lucia Sandbank is made up of three, different sized rock formations that you absolutely must go and explore. Read more

Scoglio della Nave (Capo Enfola)

The scoglio della Nave is home to snappers, sea bream, spirogrya, noble pen shells, groupers, eels, yellow sea fans and parazoanthus Read more

Semaforo sand bank

Here you have the chance to admire beautiful, red sea fans, sponges, lobsters and many other fish that swim by Read more

Punta della Madonna

A wall that goes down as far as 37 metres below the surface, an area very rich in benthic life, where you will see crawfish, European congers and Moray eels. Read more

Formiche della Zanca

A large rock more than 40 metres below the surface where you will see many groupers, sea breams, amberjacks and bonitos, as well as beautiful red sea fans. Read more

The Elviscott shipwreck

The Elviscot shipwreck is near the Scoglio dell'Ogliera in Pomonte, Island of Elba, and is there just waiting to be explored. Read more

Santa Rita shipwreck

Sunk in 1946 due to having hit a mine that had been missed when demining was carried out after the war. Read more

Punta di Fetovaia

Large rocks that have crumbled into the sea make the perfect habitat for small groupers, sea breams, saddled breams and salpas. Read more

Secca di Fetovaia

A wall of rocks that plunges down into the deep blue sea where octopus, conger eels and redfish have made their homes in the cracks and crevices. Read more

Secca di Capo Poro

Since you will be swimming very far down we advise only expert scuba divers to attempt it Read more

Scoglio della Triglia

The Scoglio della Triglia is famous thanks to the statue of the Madonna that fishermen placed there in 1970 Read more

Secca di capo Fonza

The sandbank is approximately a hundred metres from the coast of Capo Fonza (Campo nell'Elba) Read more

Corals on the outside

Sandbank whose tip is 45 m below the surface, with red sea fans, nudibranchs, spirographs and tiny branches of red coral in the grotto at the end of the wall. Read more

Corbella rock

Divided into two, the southern part with red coral, groupers, moray eels and red and yellow sea fans, while the northern part is more suited to experts. Read more

Scoglio che bara

A shipwreck of a small, wooden motorboat lies on the seabed Read more

Punta Morcone

The name comes from the tip of the rock where you start, at a depth of 3 m below the surface and goes as far down as 40 m Read more

Punta della Focacciola

On the eastern side of the sandbank there is a monument dedicated to Jacques Mayol, the first man to go free diving down to a depth of 100 metres. Read more

Corbelli Rock

You will often see dentexes, sunfish and barracudas round Corbelli Rock in Capoliveri, near Innamorata beach. Read more

Remaiolo rock

Here you can go scuba diving and follow one of two routes: you can either swim round the rock or, if you prefer, follow the steep wall down to a depth of 55 m Read more

Ripalti

The most beautiful aspects of scuba diving here are the magnificent walls of the sand bed and the chance of seeing large groupers. Read more

Punta Galera

A line of rocks that goes in a south-east direction from the coast, with a tip at a depth of between 7 and 10 metres and goes as far down as 25 metres. Read more

Punta le Forbici

Scuba diving here is between Punta Galera and Punta Bianca, right under the old Ginevro mine. Read more

Picchi di Pablo

The name comes from the two tips of the vertical rock that sits on a sandy sea bed and goes down to a depth of 35 m. Read more

Capo Calvo - Sassi Neri

Huge rocks covered in a bed of beautiful red sea fans and sea whips. Read more

Punta Nera - Plane wreck

Scuba diving here is easy and quick but with the added joy of seeing a suggestive plane wreck, Read more

Punta delle Cannelle

Enchanting grottos where you can admire both red and yellow sea fans, sponges, groupers, sea breams and corvina drums. Read more

Cerboli

Thanks to where the tiny island of Cerboli sits, scuba diving here is more suited to divers of a certain level. Read more

Secca del Frate - Palmaiola

Since you are scuba diving in the middle of the channel of Piombino, currents here can often be very strong, so please be very careful. Read more

Ancorone di Capo Vita

Scuba diving here is best if you are a skilled diver because since it is very long you will need to calculate very carefully your time on the sea bed. Read more

Secca di Capo Vita

Beautiful grottos and deep cracks covered in many different colours of sponges and parazoanthus make scuba diving here a joy for photography lovers. Read more

Bettolina shipwreck

Scuba diving here is better if you are a technical diver with already some knowledge of deep shipwrecks. Read more

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