Scuba-sites in Italy

Lampedusa (Pelagie Islands)

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Going to Lampedusa
Lampedusa can be reached by plane from Palermo.

Diving at Lampedusa
This Island is placed in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea 100 km far from the african Coast and 200 Km far from Sicily. Its climate is exceptionally pleasant and the sea is reach in underwater fauna. The scuba photographer will find here a lot of interesting sites. One of the most interesting photografic subjects is the mediterranean Parrotfish (Scarus Cretensis), which starting from the Red Sea, when the Suez Channel was opened, has colonized all the South Mediterranean Sea.

Chart of "Lampedusa with its main dive sites:

List of some dive-sites:

1: Scoglio del Sacreamento
2: Punta Cappellone
3: Capo Grecale
4: Punta Sottile
5: Madonna col Bambino

Diving Centers:

1:Mediterraneo Immersion Club
(SSI)
via A. Volta 8
92010 Lampedusa (AG)
Tel. +39 922 971526 or 970673
Fax. +39 922 971696

2:Lo Verde Sport
(PADI)
via Roma 86
92010 Lampedusa (AG)
Tel. +39 922 970181 or 970369
Cell. +39 368 3175855

3:Tortuga D.C.
(PADI)
c/da Cala Creta
92010 Lampedusa (AG)
Tel. +39 0360/290749 0330/671738

4:Blue Adventures Lampedusa Diving Club
(FIPS, CMAS,PADI, NASE,SSI)
Porto Vecchio, Lungomare Luigi Rizzo 49
92010 Lampedusa (AG)
Tel. +39 0922/973034, 0368/684387, 0335/5388679
Fax +39 0922/973363

Reports on Diving at Lampedusa (in Italian).

Hyperbaric Chambers:

Centro Iperbarico ASL 6
via Grecale 2
Lampedusa
Tel. 0922 971848