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Aquario Nord
Otranto, Lecce, Italy
Max depth35 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyAdriatic Sea
Water temp14–26°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Aquario Nord is a dive site near Otranto, Lecce, Italy, in the Adriatic Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 35 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, sea fans, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 14 to 26 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
DamselfishChromis chromis
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
Rainbow WrasseCoris julis
Red StarfishEchinaster (Echinaster) sepositus
SalemaSarpa salpa
Blue Spiny StarfishCoscinasterias tenuispina
Nearby sites
- 1Malepasso6.3 km
- 2Il canyon fantasma8.5 km
- 3Il cimitero delle ancore9.2 km
- 4La Cattedrale34 km
- 5Peschereccio Greco35 km
- 6Terradico36 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org