© MEGALE HELLAS DIVING CENTER, 89046 MARINA DI GIOIOSA JONICA
Fossa dei Cavallucci
★★★★☆
(1,003)
Access from the shore is easy for this simple but beautiful dive spot, boasting amazing biodiversity. The dive starts with a gravel landslide and sand afterwards, gradually descending to 12 meters, then dropping off rapidly, with an inclination of almost 45°, to over 400 meters deep.
Present a permanent colony of seahorses, in addition to the biodiversity of sandy bottoms: flat fishes, torpedoes, mullets and, according to the seasons, nudibranches.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
71 Sightings
J
0
F
2
M
0
A
0
M
5
J
4
J
19
A
39
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0
O
1
N
0
D
1
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
5 Sightings
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1
F
1
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
2
Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
189 Sightings
J
3
F
4
M
0
A
1
M
2
J
3
J
44
A
105
S
16
O
6
N
0
D
5
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 120
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Cuttlefish
54 Sightings
J
1
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
8
J
17
A
18
S
8
O
1
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
33 Sightings
J
2
F
4
M
0
A
0
M
2
J
6
J
0
A
15
S
0
O
2
N
0
D
2
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
22 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
0
J
0
A
17
S
0
O
1
N
0
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
20 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
0
J
0
A
19
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 60
Shutterstock-Laura Dinraths
Electric Ray
19 Sightings
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0
F
1
M
0
A
1
M
1
J
0
J
10
A
0
S
6
O
0
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Levent Konuk
Goatfish
19 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
1
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
17
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
1
