Punta Morcone
★★★★☆
(2,317)
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
394 Sightings
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13
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23
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36
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55
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118
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81
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54
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13
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Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
306 Sightings
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8
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29
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33
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56
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65
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68
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42
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5
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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
231 Sightings
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1
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7
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19
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31
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37
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54
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51
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25
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6
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 250
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Grouper/Basslets
338 Sightings
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8
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19
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34
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46
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109
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77
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35
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10
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 190
Alamy-Water Frame
Conger Eel
96 Sightings
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1
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5
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16
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21
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20
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14
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19
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0
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 250
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Scorpionfish
95 Sightings
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0
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0
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11
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16
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17
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14
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17
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14
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6
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
74 Sightings
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0
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0
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4
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0
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0
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15
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27
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18
O
10
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 40
iStock-Hoatzinexp
Jackfish
50 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
0
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29
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18
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0
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3
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 100
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Parrotfish
24 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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24
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 90
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Goatfish
21 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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11
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10
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0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 1900
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Starfish
16 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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16
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