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Punta Bassana Scoglio Cavo
Favignana, Sicily, Italy
Max depth42 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodyTyrrhenian Sea
Water temp15–26°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Punta Bassana Scoglio Cavo is a drift, pinnacle and wall dive site near Favignana, Trapani, Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 42 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea fans, sea turtles, nudibranchs. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 26 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
CornetfishFistularia commersonii
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Striped DolphinStenella coeruleoalba
Cardinal FishApogon imberbis
Common StingrayDasyatis pastinaca
European Spiny LobsterPalinurus elephas
Nearby sites
- 1Cala Martina0.8 km
- 2Scoglio Spandillo1.3 km
- 3Cala Bianca Le due Gerardie7.6 km
- 4Punta Negra Wall60 km
- 5Cow Passage60 km
- 6Cala Rossa Shoal64 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org