Buggerru & Pan di Zucchero · Italy · Cave & cavern
Il Soffione
One-way swim through a wide gallery to a waiting boat
Area photo: Mboesch · CC BY-SA 4.0
Il Soffione is a wide gallery cut through the rock of the Costa delle Miniere, run as a one-way dive to 13 m. Its walls are crusted with growth and busy with crustaceans of every kind, nudibranchs and fish, and the easy profile asks mainly for good buoyancy control.
Where it is and how deep
No published position for this site — the map shows Buggerru & Pan di Zucchero and its other sites; operators know the mooring.
The dive
Divers drop in at one point and swim through the broad gallery, where crustaceans, nudibranchs, fish and encrustations line the way. The boat waits at a different spot from the entry, so the swim covers a longer stretch of the coast instead of returning on itself.
Marine life and season
- Nudibranchs
- Macro critters
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Fair | Fair |
Season follows Buggerru & Pan di Zucchero: Across Sardinia the seas are calm from May to October; each dive is planned around the state of the sea.
Know before you go
- Good buoyancy control is needed to move through the gallery without touching its encrusted walls.
Sources
- Il Soffione - Ajoodive — Ajoodive
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