IL PIANORO DELLE NACCHERE (SECCA DI PONENTE)

The dive starts from the topof the shoal. Swimming towards the southwest side that degrades faster than the other side, the first emotion is overcoming the edge of the shoal to dive“to the blue”; after the first rocky formations densely covered with white (Eunicella singularis) and red (Paramuricea clavata) gorgonians, the rocky bottom gives way to a plateau of sand and organic debris at a deep of about 47 mt. Here it is possible to observe a number of suggestive and old, big shells (Pinne Nobilis) which represent an ecosystem in itself; In fact, a very rich biodiversity (including red and white sea fans) has colonized over the years every centimeter of the valves of these large bivalve mollusks.