The Island is located in Isola delle Femmine (Palermo-Italy), a small fishing town, characterized by a singular islet at the top of which is a 17th century tower. Since 1997 it has been an oriented nature reserve (R.N.O.) both on land and in the sea managed by L.I.P.U. The seabed surrounding the islet is fascinating. During the guided dives we will show you enchanting walls, shallows and caves.
L'Isola has been operating in the diving field since 1994 and follows P.A.D.I. teaching methods. and P.S.A. There are multiple diving spots, suitable for all divers, easily reachable by diving boats. The center operates year-round and provides customers with complete diving equipment. It will be possible to deposit the material and use the centre's maintenance and repair service.
The proposals of theL'Isola Diving Center are:
You will have the opportunity to dive to observe the wonderful seabed surrounding the small islet of Isola delle Femmine, the favorite nest of a large and very cheerful colony of seagulls that will keep you company before and after diving, especially in the spring months.
The play of the rocks that give rise to these seabeds will allow us to plan splendid dives at the most varied depths, thus offering themselves to both experts and beginners.
Just a few meters away you will have the opportunity to admire the fascinating shapes and incredible mimicry abilities of octopuses, the lightning-fast darting of silver seabreams, the curious and wary swaying of small moray eels, the numerous forms of urchins and starfish, the highly sensitive and very delicate spirographs.
If you have the pleasure of peering into the smallest, you will not miss the appointment with the tiny and colorful nudibranchs. On the slightly deeper seabed, however, you will have the opportunity to admire the majestic movements of our wonderful groupers, the confident progress of snappers and sea bream and if their curiosity assists us... you may even feel observed, look up and, not believing in your eyes, find yourself the object of the attention of an entire school of very agile amberjacks.
Along the walls it will be easier to meet the defenseless and shy lobsters and on the very inhabited sandy bottoms we will take you to admire the haughty pinna nobilis. To nottalk about the wonderful fans of yellow and red gorgonians, the elegant sea roses, the false coral and the endless seagrass meadows in which numerous other forms of life find refuge.
If you are a photography lover, there will also be no shortage of opportunities that will allow you to create evocative plays of color and capture those... fleeting moments that will be offered to you by all the inhabitants of the seabed. We will take you to admire the most beautiful diving spots located at various depths and therefore for all tastes and different and subjective experiencesacquired.
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