Punta del Faro di Portofino

★★★★☆ (2,653)

One of the most beautiful walls in Italy. The wall reaches significant depths (80 mt) in the part near the buoy and in the direction of Portofino. Maintaining particular interest even in the deep part, is in the range between 15 and 25 meters where you can see most of the fish.

Given the current on the tip, you can often see barracuda, groupers of considerable size, octopus, lobsters, moray eels, snappers, tuna, sea bass, conger eels, snapper, ombrine.

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.: 200

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

325 Sightings
J
0
F
3
M
4
A
4
M
32
J
75
J
66
A
79
S
32
O
22
N
8
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 27

Barracuda

Barracuda

320 Sightings
J
0
F
1
M
0
A
13
M
50
J
57
J
64
A
75
S
31
O
26
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.: 300

Octopus

Octopus

118 Sightings
J
0
F
1
M
0
A
6
M
15
J
41
J
35
A
20
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.: 250

Grouper/Basslets

Grouper/Basslets

451 Sightings
J
0
F
1
M
0
A
18
M
61
J
98
J
85
A
95
S
45
O
32
N
7
D
9

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 110

Snapper

Snapper

248 Sightings
J
0
F
1
M
0
A
9
M
29
J
48
J
52
A
58
S
26
O
20
N
5
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

Nudibranch

Nudibranch

63 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
20
J
18
A
22
S
0
O
0
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.: 90

Goatfish

Goatfish

22 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
10
J
0
J
0
A
12
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.: 80

Mullet

Mullet

21 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
10
A
11
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.: 15

Tuna

Tuna

13 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
13
J
0
J
0
A
0
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.: 40

Jackfish

Jackfish

12 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
12
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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