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La Vacca Nord
Porto-Vecchio, South Of France, France
Max depth30 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyTyrrhenian Sea
Water temp14–25°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
La Vacca Nord is a reef dive site near Porto-Vecchio, Corse-du-Sud, France, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 30 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, dolphins, octopus, groupers, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 14 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Slit LimpetsFlabellina affinis
Black Sea UrchinArbacia lixula
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris- Fat AnemoneCribrinopsis crassa
Scarlet CoralBalanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea
Madeira RockfishScorpaena maderensis
Smooth StarfishHacelia attenuata
Nearby sites
- 1La Vacca Sud0.1 km
- 2Epave du Pinella6.1 km
- 3Subtortue9.7 km
- 4Lavezzi Citta' delle cernie26 km
- 5Lavezzi Tete' de cheval27 km
- 6Secca di Washignton33 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org