Punta Morcone
★★★★☆
(1,896)
Located on the southern coast of Elba, off the promontory of Punta Morcone. The edge of the breaker enters a sandy seagrass bed from about 11 m depth to 40 m drop-off.
In the many holes in the wall are hidden conger eels, moray eels, scorpion fish, and octopuses. In the deep zone barracuda can often be seen.
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
Alamy-WaterFrame
313 Sightings
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0
F
1
M
0
A
13
M
21
J
26
J
40
A
85
S
61
O
53
N
13
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
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
237 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
8
M
24
J
25
J
39
A
48
S
47
O
41
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.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
183 Sightings
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0
F
1
M
0
A
7
M
18
J
25
J
29
A
39
S
33
O
25
N
6
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
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
244 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
8
M
15
J
21
J
29
A
72
S
54
O
35
N
10
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 190
Alamy-Water Frame
Conger Eel
64 Sightings
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0
F
1
M
0
A
4
M
12
J
0
J
15
A
13
S
0
O
19
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
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
59 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
8
J
10
J
11
A
0
S
10
O
14
N
6
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
34 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
4
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
10
S
10
O
10
N
0
D
0
