Grotta del Cristo

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What you'll see (21)

Rustic Dove-shellColumbella rusticaseen 37× near here

Horn ShellThericium vulgatumseen 30× near here

Salema PorgySarpa salpaseen 26× near here

Common Two-banded SeabreamDiplodus vulgarisseen 25× near here

Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratusseen 24× near here

Saddled SeabreamOblada melanurusseen 22× near here

Mediterranean MorayMuraena helenaseen 21× near here

Painted ComberSerranus scribaseen 21× near here

European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalisseen 21× near here

Saint Piran's Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropusseen 21× near here

European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseseen 20× near here

Mauve StingerPelagia noctilucaseen 19× near here

Steromphala variaseen 19× near here

Mediterranean Rainbow WrasseCoris julisseen 18× near here

Mediterranean LimpetPatella caeruleaseen 18× near here

Phorcus articulatusseen 18× near here

White Sea BreamDiplodus sargusseen 17× near here

Banded Dye-murexHexaplex trunculusseen 17× near here

Nimble Spray CrabPercnon gibbesiseen 16× near here

Striped Red MulletMullus surmuletusseen 16× near here

Purple Sea StarOphidiaster ophidianusseen 16× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

9,791km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 3 dive sites within 25km.

When people dive it

Busiest Apr · almost nobody dives it Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

From 3,892 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~18h 15m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightCatania, Sicily (CTA)~15h 33mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~33 minRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~1h 39mAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatGrotta del Cristo~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Grotta del Cristo on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Catania, Sicily

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Type: yes
Island: Scoglio della Portella
Country: Italy
Marks: 38°15.082'N 15°14.035'E
Position: 38.2514, 15.2339

Where it is

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Nearby

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.