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A few minutes from the port, in a south-south-west direction, there is a lava wall that reaches a depth of 40 meters from the surface. Characterized by the presence of a canyon: the famous “Spaccazza di San Paolo“ which creeps into the mountain for several metres.
The more experienced divers reach 40m where there are rocks covered with gorgonians. Along the wall it is easy to meet groupers, breams, salemas; solitary barracudas and amberjacks can
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