Mediterranean

Temperate sea between Europe and Africa — wrecks, posidonia meadows, groupers and seasonal pelagics.

Species cataloged: 535

Water temperature

14-26°C

Visibility

15-30 m

Best diving season

Jun-Oct

Top dive destinations

Medes Islands, Port-Cros, Ustica

Species in this zone

• Epinephelus marginatus - Dusky grouper
• Octopus vulgaris - Common octopus
• Hippocampus guttulatus - Long-snouted seahorse
• Tursiops truncatus - Common bottlenose dolphin
• Sepia officinalis - Common cuttlefish
• Dasyatis pastinaca - Common Stingray
• Palinurus elephas - European spiny lobster
• Paracentrotus lividus - Purple sea urchin
• Spongia officinalis - Bath sponge
• Ginglymostoma cirratum - Nurse Shark
• Holacanthus ciliaris - Queen angelfish
• Acanthurus coeruleus - Blue tang surgeonfish
• Chromis chromis - Mediterranean damselfish
• Muraena helena - Mediterranean moray
• Rhincodon typus - Whale shark
• Corallium rubrum - Red coral
• Synanceia verrucosa - Reef stonefish
• Labrus bergylta - Ballan Wrasse
• Zeus faber - John Dory
• Hippocampus hippocampus - Short-snouted seahorse
• Taeniura grabata - Round stingray
• Scorpaena scrofa - Red scorpionfish
• Metasepia pfefferi - Flamboyant Cuttlefish
• Homarus gammarus - European lobster
• Conger conger - European conger
• Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos - Grey Reef Shark
• Mola mola - Ocean sunfish
• Seriola dumerili - Greater amberjack
• Sparisoma cretense - Mediterranean parrotfish
• Anomia ephippium - Saddle oyster