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Grotta delle Monete
Cerza, Sicily, Italy
Water bodyIonian Sea
Water temp15–27°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Grotta delle Monete is a cave and reef dive site near Cerza, Catania, Italy, in the Ionian Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, dolphins, octopus, cuttlefish, sea fans. 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
Barrel JellyfishRhizostoma pulmo
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Striped DolphinStenella coeruleoalba
Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Mediterranean JellyCotylorhiza tuberculata
Nearby sites
- 1Isolotto e Anfore0.1 km
- 2Cerianthus 38 mt0.1 km
- 3Pinnacoli0.1 km
- 4Ricci Matita0.2 km
- 5Archi e Grotte0.2 km
- 6Gorgonie0.2 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org