Faraglioni
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About this site
Ustica sits off the northern coast of Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the island's clear volcanic waters were designated Italy's first marine protected area in the early 1980s. Faraglioni refers to the rock stacks along the island's shoreline, a formation typical of the Ustica coast, where dive sites are set among volcanic reef and rocky pinnacles. The site is reached from the small port town of Ustica, the island's only settlement. Divers here have reported combers and painted combers, European parrotfish, Mediterranean rainbow wrasse, and ornate wrasse moving along the rocky terrain, along with purple sea stars and star coral on the reef, and mauve stinger jellyfish occasionally drifting through the water column.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavoReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean Rainbow WrasseCoris julisReported here · unconfirmed
Painted ComberSerranus scribaReported here · unconfirmed
Purple Sea StarOphidiaster ophidianusReported here · unconfirmed
Star CoralAstroides calycularisReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
ComberSerranus cabrillaReported here · unconfirmed
Mauve StingerPelagia noctilucaReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean Violet AeolidFlabellina affinisObserved near here · iNaturalist
Mediterranean DamselfishChromis chromisObserved near here · iNaturalist
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