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Punta Meliso
Leuca, Puglia, Italy
Water bodyIonian Sea
Water temp15–26°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Punta Meliso is a wall dive site near Leuca, Lecce, Italy, in the Ionian Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes octopus, cuttlefish, nudibranchs, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 26 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Mediterranean JellyCotylorhiza tuberculata
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Madeira RockfishScorpaena maderensis
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
DamselfishChromis chromis
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
Painted ComberSerranus scriba
Peacock WrasseSymphodus tinca
Nearby sites
- 1Terradico0.9 km
- 2Peschereccio Greco1.4 km
- 3La Cattedrale2.5 km
- 4Secca del Pisello2.9 km
- 5Tevfik kaptan 18.5 km
- 6Il cimitero delle ancore28 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org