Santorini & the Caldera · Greece · Wall
Aspronisi
Sponge-covered volcanic walls around an empty islet on the caldera rim
Photo: George Groutas Camera location36° 21′ 28.54″ N, 25° 21′ 15″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap 36.357 · CC BY 2.0
Aspronisi, the White Island, is an uninhabited islet on the western edge of the caldera with nine separate dive sites. Divers come for wall dives among volcanic rock covered in colourful sponges and corals, with small life on the faces and larger fish off them.
Also known as White Island, Aspronisi Wall.
Where it is and how deep
36.3835° N, 25.3479° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The nine sites around the islet span depths from 7 to 30 m. They are wall dives along volcanic rock covered in colourful sponges and corals, where nudibranchs and shrimps live on the faces and large groupers or barracuda can show up off the walls.
Marine life and season
- Nudibranchs
- Groupers
- Barracuda
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good |
Season follows Santorini & the Caldera: Diving runs all year. April to November is the main season, with the calmest seas in summer; winter water averages about 16°C.
Dive videos
private boat tour Aspronisi · Thalassa Diving Academy on YouTube
Sources
- Santorini Scuba Diving — Greeka
- Scuba Diving in Santorini and the Deep Blue Caldera — Greece Index
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap
Photo credits
- A flat-topped pale rocky islet with layered white cliffs in open blue sea, a larger island ridge behind it in haze by George Groutas Camera location36° 21′ 28.54″ N, 25° 21′ 15″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap 36.357, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More dive sites in Santorini & the Caldera
Reef
Rock carpeted in shellfish and invertebrates near the caldera rim
Cave & cavern
Caverns and chasms cut into lava on the island's south coast
Wreck
A whole passenger ship sitting upright on sand beside the hot springs
Similar dives elsewhere
A yellow-daisy wall at 20–30 m with groupers and barracuda over it
Three finger reefs from 4 m down to 30 m, minutes from shore
Three passes cut clean through the islet wall
A reddish cut in the Cabo Tiñoso cliffs, down to 30 m