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

• Dictyota dichotoma - Forkweed
• Hippocampus guttulatus - Long-snouted seahorse
• Paracentrotus lividus - Purple sea urchin
• Palinurus elephas - European spiny lobster
• Holacanthus ciliaris - Queen angelfish
• Chromis chromis - Mediterranean damselfish
• Corallium rubrum - Red coral
• Mola mola - Ocean sunfish
• Sargassum vulgare - Common sargassum
• Eunicella singularis - White gorgonian
• Paramuricea clavata - Red gorgonian
• Leptogorgia sarmentosa - Warty gorgonian
• Clibanarius erythropus - Red-legged hermit crab
• Phorcus turbinatus - Turbinate monodont
• Alcyonium acaule - Red Mediterranean hand
• Alcyonium palmatum - Dead man's fingers
• Savalia savaglia - Gold coral
• Parazoanthus axinellae - Yellow cluster anemone
• Anemonia viridis - Snakelocks anemone
• Actinia equina - Beadlet anemone
• Aiptasia mutabilis - Trumpet anemone
• Cribrinopsis crassa - Red rockpool anemone
• Alicia mirabilis - Berried anemone
• Taeniura grabata - Round stingray
• Epinephelus marginatus - Dusky grouper
• Octopus vulgaris - Common octopus
• Scorpaena scrofa - Red scorpionfish
• Hypselodoris picta - Painted hypselodoris
• Felimida purpurea - Purple doris
• Metasepia pfefferi - Flamboyant Cuttlefish