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Bay of Sunshine Cave
Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Max depth16 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyIonian Sea
Water temp15–27°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Bay of Sunshine Cave is a cave and wall dive site near Taormina, Messina, Italy, in the Ionian Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 16 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, dolphins, octopus, moray eels, cuttlefish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 27 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
SalemaSarpa salpa
Striped DolphinStenella coeruleoalba
Blue Spiny StarfishCoscinasterias tenuispina
ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
Nearby sites
- 1Greek Columns0.3 km
- 2Isola Bella South0.7 km
- 3Canyon di Angelo0.7 km
- 4Canyon del Diablo0.7 km
- 5Blue Cave Bay1.1 km
- 6Siphone1.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org