Capraia - Tuscan Islands

Capraia is an island of volcanic origin that forms part of the Tuscan Archipelao.  It is 62 km from the city of Livorno by sea and 32 km northwest of the island of Elba  I did four dives on this trip: il Turco, lo Scoglione and le Formiche. 

I particularly remember diving at the site called il Turco.  We were diving during the breeding season of the Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) and there were many of these fish swimming around protecting their eggs.

Fortress of St George

Lake Bracciano, Trevignano, Italy

Dive #47 
Dive 1 
Depth: 6m

Time: 13min

Weights: 12kg

Dive #48 
Dive 2 
Depth: 5m
Weights: 12kg

Bracciano, Trevignano, Italy

Dive #45

Lake dive - Rescue diver training

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Le Sconsciglie, Ventotene, Italy

Dive #45

Le Sconsciglie

Depth: 19.5m

Time: 49min
Weights: 14kg
Temp: 14 degrees C

Molo Quattro and Scoglio della Nave, Ventotene, Italy

Dive #43

Dive 1

Molo Quattro

Depth: 25.3m

Time: 19min
Weights: 10kg

Crap dive

Dive #44

Dive2

Scoglio della Nave

Depth: 9.8m

Time: 43min
Weights: 10kg

Night dive

San Domino & San Nicola, Capraia - Isole Tremiti, Puglia, Italy

 

The Isole Tremiti island group is an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of Gargano.  I spent a holiday there at the end of August, 2007.  I remember it being a nightmare of a journey getting to the islands as the ferry service wasn't very good.  The excellent dives and beautiful scenery made up for it though.  I dived with Marlin Tremiti Diving Club.

 

Isola di San Domino

The first dive was at Punta Secca, San Domino, which is number 13 in the map.

Dive #41

Dive 1
Depth: 32.9 m
Time: 47 min
Temp: 18 degrees C

Isola di Caprara

The second dive was at Secca della Grotta della Vedova (the Widow's Shallows), Capraia, number 31 in the map above.  This was a really good dive with a long tunnel.  I was startled when one diver started swimming out in a hurry and I thought something had went wrong, turned out he had just had a panic attack!  At the end of the dive I saw a lovely Flabellina nudibranch.

Dive #42
Dive2
Depth: 26.8 m
Time: 46 min
Temp: 18 degrees C

Isola San Nicola

B-17 Bomber in Calvi, Corsica - France

Dive #40
While on holiday to Corsica I managed to sneak in one very memorable dive.  I'd heard that the B-17 Bomber in Calvi was a good dive and I was really keen to do it.  I have since done loads of wreck dives but only on boats and ships making this dive quite distinctive.  The weather was quite rough on the day I went with some really choppy waves creating unfavourable conditions but this didn't deter me.  I didn't have an underwater camera at the time but the video below by Konrad Dubiel is pretty good.

The B-17 bomber was used during WWII and was also known as the Flying Fortress because of its 13 machine guns.  In 1944 the B-17 G "Baron" was on a mission in Italy but was hit by erman fighters.  The pilot, Frank Chaplick, decided to fly to Calvi where he was forced to land into the sea.  The wreck now lies at 28m.