Tremiti Islands · Italy · Wreck
Cala dei Benedettini
Named for the Benedictine cistern above the cove
Area photo: eric spenle · CC BY-SA 4.0
A 1st-century BC wreck listed at 25 m in Cala dei Benedettini on San Domino, one of the ancient sites on the Tremiti tourism office's roll of the archipelago's principal wrecks. Period and depth are all that is published, which puts it alongside Tre Senghe as Roman-era ground rather than a described dive.
Where it is and how deep
42.1168° N, 15.4836° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The record here is a single line on the archipelago's wreck list: a 1st-century BC wreck at 25 m in Cala dei Benedettini, the cove on San Domino that gives the site its name. That places it in the same Roman trade context as Tre Senghe on the island's southern side, but nothing has been published about the ship, its cargo or what is still visible on the bottom.
So this is a dive to arrange through a local operator rather than to plan from a description. Depth is the one hard number, 25 m, which makes it a single deep leg with limited bottom time. The cove itself is named for the Cisterna dei Benedettini above it. Ask the boat crew what the site actually shows before committing a dive to it, and keep the Adriatic forecast in the decision.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Unidentified vessel
- Type
- Unidentified wreck
- Cause
- Not published: the wreck is listed only by period, the 1st century BC, and by depth
- Lies
- Not published; listed at 25 m in Cala dei Benedettini on San Domino
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off-season | Off-season | Fair | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Fair | Off-season |
Season follows Tremiti Islands: Operators run Apr–Oct with Jun–Sep warmest; winter bora and Adriatic swell close the ferry and the dive centres.
Sources
- Relitti Marini delle Isole Tremiti — Tremiti.eu
- Cala dei Benedettini (OpenStreetMap) — OpenStreetMap
- Isola di San Domino — Wikipedia (IT)
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