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Punta dell’Arpa
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About a mile and a half in a westerly direction from the port of Ustica, is Punta dell’Arpa, characterized on the surface by the presence of its famous “scoglio del cornutone“. Underwater, two large rocks rise from a sandy bottom of 40 m, whose walls are colonized by large branches of red gorgonians.
Together with shoals of banded bream, salema and clouds of damselfish, scrutinizing the Posidonia meadow with an attentive eye (and with a little luck) it is possible to meet pipefish.
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: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
44 Sightings
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Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
11 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
73 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
21 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100
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Parrotfish
9 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 110
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Snapper
4 Sightings
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