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Cretaccio Island Wall

Tremiti Islands · Italy

Cretaccio is the smallest and least visited island of the Tremiti group, an uninhabited chalk outcrop whose underwater perimeter is a continuous vertical wall from the surface to 40 metres and beyond. The wall is blanketed in orange and violet sponges, red corals, and enormous gorgonian colonies, and the deep sections regularly produce surprise encounters with large amberjack and sunfish. The solitude here is profound — almost no dive traffic compared to San Domino — and the wall life is correspondingly undisturbed.

Conditions

Depth

5 to 40 m

Advanced depths

Current

Usually still

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

25 to 35 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

11 to 27°C

3mm wetsuit

Month by month

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Water (°C)	12	11	12	13	17	21	24	25	23	20	16	13
Vis (m)	15	15	15	15	20	20	25	25	25	20	15	15
Current	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Gentle	Gentle	Still	Still	Gentle	Gentle	Moderate	Moderate