DIVING GROUP PORTOFINO

★★★★☆ Altare

The subsoil of this popular bathing lake consists of gravel, which offers good visibility even during heavy bathing. On weekends there are usually plenty of divers on site. Those who can may prefer to dive during the week when it is less crowded.

★★★★☆ Cristo degli Abissi

In the fabulous and unique San Fruttuoso Bay, a life-size statue has been placed in memory of Duilio Marcante. The statue lies at a depth of about 16 meters and, including its base, rises about 5 meters.

★★★★☆ Grotta dei Gamberi

Grotta dei Gamberi dive site, located on the east side of Punta Chiappa, begins at 18 meters at the base of the mooring buoy. Heading south and slightly to the west, the rocky seabed mixed with posidonia slowly slopes down to 22 meters, where a beautiful vertical sinking wall begins.

★★★★☆ Secca Carega (Secca Gonzatti)

One of the most famous dives in the entire Portofino promontory. A beautiful shoal with a cap at -6 mt, very rich in fish, you can turn it all around in 30 minutes of diving.

★★★★☆ La Colombara

To the east of the channel leading to San Fruttuoso, an indentation in the Promontory wall provides shelter for numerous pigeons, which give the dive site its name. The dive begins on a 10-meter seabed, from where a wall starts that sinks to 36 meters. There are 3 caves.

★★★★☆ Dragone

Dragone is a beautiful wall dive that allows you to see all that the Mediterranean has to offer. Suitable for beginners, but for more experienced divers the ride you can take is truly beautiful.

★★★★☆ Bigo

Bigo is a dive very close to Portofino, which offers an enchanting bay sheltered from the prevailing winds, therefore an excellent spot when the sea is rough. You anchor on a 6 meter sandy seabed, and from there the right shoulder wall leads towards the Portofino lighthouse.

★★★★☆ Punta Vessinaro

This dive becomes particularly striking when one comes across an area rich in well-developed red gorgonian specimens. However, this zone starts around 30 meters deep and therefore can only be visited by divers with advanced licenses. Also okay for less experienced divers

★★★★☆ Secca dell'Isuela

Most renowned and coveted dive among those in the park, beautiful also the location that outdoors on clear days allows you to see the coast from Camogli to Genoa in all its splendor.

★★★★☆ Scoglio del Raviolo

Again, the name of the dive site is inspired by the shape of the rocky cliff above the sea surface. Currently this site also bears the name “Scoglio Ghisotti,“ in memory of the photographer diver

★★★★☆ Casa del Sindaco

Casa del Sindaco (Mayor’s House) is an infrequently visited but equally beautiful dive spot. Up to 15 meters the landscape is quite bare but the further down you go the more populated it becomes.

★★★★☆ Testa del Leone

Testa del Leone (Lion’s head) is an ideal spot around 30 meters because there is a splendid and colorful wall here. The higher part, on the other hand, is full of ravines and clefts full of life

★★★★☆ Targa Gonzatti

Targa Gonzatti is a beautiful dive site very close to Secca Gonzatti, a very famous dive in the Marine Park. A beautiful wall rich in life and environments between rocky and posidonia.

★★★★☆ Scoglio Del Diamante

A beautiful dive really suitable for everyone with excellent visibility condition and a wall with the most beautiful coral in the Marine Park. Dive that can be done either right or left shoulder

★★★★☆ Relitto Mohawk Deer

In 1967 the merchant ship Mohawk Deer was being towed by a tugboat in the direction of La Spezia. Hit by a strong gale, her tow line was sheared and she crashed into the wall of the Portofino Promontory.