Secca dei Principi
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Secca dei Principi, off the coast of Civitavecchia between Santa Marinella and the Riva di Traiano marina, is a diving site characterised by walls that start at about 8 metres and slope down to seabeds rich in two-coloured gorgonians and marine flora. The dive offers picturesque scenery and good biodiversity.
Most common species moray eels, conger eels, breams, snappers (passing through)groupers, scorpion fish, damsels, peacock wrasse. macro life and gorgonias, nudibranchs and octopus!
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
16 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
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Total number of species approx.: 60
iStock-Global_Pics
Spiny Lobster
8 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
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Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Levent Konuk
Goatfish
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Total number of species approx.: 55
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Lobster
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250
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Grouper/Basslets
2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250
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Scorpionfish
2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 180
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Sole
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Total number of species approx.: 150
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Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species approx.: 120
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Flounder
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