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Elphinstone - South side

    Area Characteristics

  • Anchorage: medium difficult
  • Dive: from the zodiac (drift dive)
  • Pelagic fish: tunas, sharks, barracudas
  • Local fish: tunas, sharks, barracudas
  • Macro: without current
  • Night-dive: no

    • Dive Information

  • Visibility: good
  • Current: yes
  • Depth: 18 - 50 metres
  • Recommended depth: 30 metres
  • Dive difficulty: medium
  • Best period: April - December

    • Dive Picture

  • Elphinstone sud

Dive Description

The descent in the sea takes place close to the final south-west side. At a depth of 25 metres is possible to see the cave; its basement is 55 metres deep. The magnificent natural arch is about 8 metres high and large, and it is the extreme end of the point. In the middle of it is located a madreporic square-shaped stone which looks like positioned by human hands, in fact many legends about it are narrated. Continuing along this side we will reach the plateau under the arch at 27 metres depth. Here lives a wonderful underwater world composed of colourful coral formations. It is the ideal place for macro-photos. The sides of the reef are covered by gorgonians, soft corals and black corals. Usually many longimanus take meeting at the mooring, in few metres of water; and looking at the blue is easy to see outlines of hammerhead sharks.