Scoglio Proci is a shallow granite rock inside the Capo Carbonara marine protected area, with 15 m of water at its deepest. The park rates its naturalistic interest as medium and describes a layout that allows one route only: a single circuit around the central boulder, which breaks the surface above the dive.
Where it is and how deep
39.1069° N, 9.5252° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The central boulder breaks the surface, and the dive is the single circular route around it: the park is explicit that the site permits no other line. Maximum depth is 15 m, so the circuit can be swum slowly, or twice, and a first-level certification covers it. That makes it a straightforward first dive of the day, or a shallow one to finish on.
The park puts the site's naturalistic interest at medium, which sets expectations honestly: this is granite and shallow water rather than a headline dive. Nothing further is published for the point - no species list, no visibility or current figures - so take it as the marine park describes it, an easy circuit inside the protected area for new divers and for second dives.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Fair | Fair |
Season follows Capo Carbonara: May–Oct is the settled season with the warmest water; the mistral and easterlies close the exposed seccas in winter.
Sources
- Scoglio Proci - Immersioni in AMP — Area Marina Protetta Capo Carbonara
More dive sites in Capo Carbonara
Reef
A named point off Isola dei Cavoli, granite rather than steel
Reef
Granite weathered into a ship's bow above a Posidonia meadow
Sea fans on the boulder at the foot of the wall
Pinnacle
A circuit of the boulders around an offshore beacon
Wreck
A 1943 torpedo casualty lying in trim at about 35 m
A Roman lead anchor stock among the boulder falls
Roman anchors on the last secca of the granite chain
A lighthouse islet with granite ground on every side
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