Scuba diving along the sandbed in Fetovaia

A wall of rocks that plunges deep down into the blue sea

Before you get to the famous beach in Fetovaia, approximately 400 metres from the shore, you will see the summit of the sandbed at a depth of 12 metres, and when the sea is calm you can see it very easily even from the surface.

If you swim southwards, you will go past a flat area, with rocks and sand at the bottom, and this will get you to a wall of rocks that plunges down into the deep blue sea. You will notice many cracks and crevices in the wall that are now the homes of octopus, conger eels and redfish.

Once you are at a depth of approximately 30 metres head eastwards until you get to a depth of approximately 40 metres where you will see the wall stretches farther out. It is completely covered in red sea fans. Since the wall goes even deeper down please keep an eye on your supply of oxygen to be sure you have enough to swim back up to the surface.

Photographs kindly lent by Riccardo Buralli - Diving in Elba