Punta Morcone
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About this site
Punta Morcone is a wall dive off the Island of Elba, Italy, positioned directly in front of the headland that gives it its name. The dive begins at a shallow cap at 3 m and descends along the wall to a maximum depth of 40 m.
The wall is covered in parazoanthus, and at around 27 m the rock opens into dens holding octopus, conger eels, and moray eels. Continuing down, divers encounter yellow gorgonians and grouper. On the ascent through posidonia seagrass, gobies, torpedo rays, wrasse, damselfish, and cuttlefish are commonly found. The final return to the surface is typically accompanied by damselfish throughout the water column.
The dive is conducted from a boat, with divers returning to the vessel at the end of the ascent.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Mauve StingerPelagia noctilucaReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean DamselfishChromis chromisReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow GorgonianEunicella cavoliniReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow Cluster AnemoneParazoanthus axinellaeReported here · unconfirmed
white gorgonianEunicella singularisReported here · unconfirmed
Violescent Sea-whipParamuricea clavataReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
DamselfishDamselfishReported here · unconfirmed
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