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Secca dei Monaci
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy
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Water bodyTyrrhenian Sea
Water temp14–25°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Secca dei Monaci is a channel, drift, pinnacle and wall dive site near La Maddalena, Olbia-Tempio, Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, cuttlefish, octopus. 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
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Common Two-banded SeabreamDiplodus vulgaris
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
European Spiny LobsterPalinurus elephas
Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris- Four-spotted GobyDeltentosteus quadrimaculatus
Nearby sites
- 1Tahiti3.3 km
- 2Punta Coticcio3.3 km
- 3Grotta di San Francesco3.5 km
- 4Punta Tegge12 km
- 5Punta Sardegna15 km
- 6Gerardia savaglia16 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org