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Punta dell'Altare
Punta Dell Altare · Portofino, Liguria, Italy
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LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyLigurian Sea
Water temp13–25°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Punta dell'Altare is a reef dive site near Portofino, Liguria, Italy, in the Ligurian Sea. Generally suitable for beginners. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea fans, lobsters, nudibranchs, groupers, seahorses. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 13 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
DamselfishChromis chromis
Brown MeagreSciaena umbra
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
European Spiny LobsterPalinurus elephas
Rainbow WrasseCoris julis
Painted ComberSerranus scriba
ComberSerranus cabrilla
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Nearby sites
- 1Punta Vessinaro0.3 km
- 2Wreck `Mohawk Deer`0.5 km
- 3Casa del Sindaco0.6 km
- 4Scoglio del Diamante0.7 km
- 5Testa del Leone1.0 km
- 6Andrea Ghisotti (ex Scoglio del Raviolo)1.3 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