Albania
Albania · Adriatic Sea
Albania's protected Riviera coastline is one of the Mediterranean's last undiscovered dive frontiers — the Karaburun Peninsula marine reserve shelters large grouper and loggerhead turtles, while Cold War military wrecks at Sazan Island and Porto Palermo's submarine tunnel offer historically unique artifact diving found nowhere else in Europe.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is busy.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
21 species across the dive sites here
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Seen 25 days ago
at Karaburun Peninsula Marine Reserve
Vulnerable
Dentex
Seen 27 days ago
at Karaburun Peninsula Marine Reserve
Vulnerable
Greater Flamingo
Seen 1 month ago
at Karaburun Peninsula Marine Reserve
Least concern
Black-Winged Stilt
Seen 1 month ago
at Karaburun Peninsula Marine Reserve
Least concern
Conger Eel
Seen 1 month ago
at Sazan Island Wrecks
Least concern
Painted Comber
Seen 1 month ago
at Sazan Island Wrecks
Least concern
Blue-Throated Keeled Lizard
Seen 1 month ago
at Gjipe Canyon
Least concern
Eurasian Jackdaw
Seen 2 months ago
at Porto Palermo Submarine Tunnel
Balkan Green Lizard
Seen 2 months ago
at Porto Palermo Submarine Tunnel
Least concern
Pied Avocet
Seen 2 months ago
at Sazan Island Wrecks
Least concern
Mediterranean Moray
Seen 4 months ago
at Sazan Island Wrecks
Least concern
Ionian Wall Lizard
Seen 8 months ago
at Gjipe Canyon
Least concern
Dusky Grouper
Seen 8 months ago
at Karaburun Peninsula Marine Reserve
Tessellated Water Snake
Seen Jul 2025
at Gjipe Canyon
Least concern
Banded Dascyllus
Seen year round
at Porto Palermo Submarine Tunnel
Least concern
European Sea Bass
Seen year round
at Porto Palermo Submarine Tunnel
Near threatened
Fan Mussel
Seen year round
at Karaburun Peninsula Marine Reserve
Critically endangered
Octopus
Seen year round
at Gjipe Canyon
Least concern
Snakelocks Anemone
Seen year round
at Porto Palermo Submarine Tunnel
Spiny Starfish
Seen year round
at Gjipe Canyon
Peacock Wrasse
Seasonal visitor
at Gjipe Canyon
Least concern
Dive sites
Karaburun Peninsula Marine Reserve
loggerhead sea turtle · dusky grouper · dentex · fan mussel
Sazan Island Wrecks
mediterranean moray · conger eel · painted comber · greater flamingo
Porto Palermo Submarine Tunnel
european sea bass · snakelocks anemone · banded dascyllus · blue-throated keeled lizard
Gjipe Canyon
octopus · peacock wrasse · spiny starfish · balkan green lizard