Mola mola in Italy? When? Where?

[Polpessa]

When and where to dive in Italy for the greatest likelihood of seeing a mola mola?

 

[Boa Gialla]

When and where to dive in Italy for the greatest likelihood of seeing a mola mola?

Well, it depends on how you measure the likelihood. It's not so easy to meet a Pesce Luna (the italian name for Mola Mola). As an example, I never met it. Perhaps I'm unlucky.

The best period is April-September, when they go to surface. As far as I know they can be seen in Mar Ligure (Genova, Portofino, Savona ...) or, more in general, in the norther part of the Mar Tirreno (including Tuscany, Isola d'Elba, Isola del Giglio ....).

But I think that's impossible to guarantee such a meeting.

Ciao.
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[Polpessa]

Thanks for the information, Boa Gialla, that was very helpful. I hope we both get to see one this summer!

 

[naga]

Hey BG,

Aside from that; are you able to give us a brief overview of diving in Italy?

Didn't think there was any...

grazie...

 

[Boa Gialla]

I hope we both get to see one this summer!

I do hope it too. Are you going to Italy, this summer? And where do you plan to go (if I can ask, of course)?

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[Boa Gialla]

Hey BG,

Aside from that; are you able to give us a brief overview of diving in Italy?

Didn't think there was any...

grazie...

ROTFL: Italy is a peninsula in the middle of Mediterranean sea.

The diving in Italy is "annamo, scennemo, vedemo, risalimo .... insomma, famo come cazzo ce pare" (cit. il Duca). I do hope it's a brief overview.


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[naga]

....European humour?????

 

[Boa Gialla]

....European humour?????

Just italian: I'm not so presumptuous.


My idea was that you were joking: if you know Italy, simply from a geographical point of view, it comes out obviously that you can dive a lot in Italy.

Then, the "brief overview of diving" in Italy is a little ... too general. If you ask specific questions, i'll be glad to answer (as far as my experience can help).

Ciao.
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P.S. The phrase I wrote in italian, is somehow the sense of diving to me. A free (and poor, 'cause of my bad english) translation could be "we go, we dive, we see around, we go up ..... basically, we enjoy as we can". A great italian diver told to other very experienced people this words, as a "short briefing" before a dive.

 

[300bar]

Naga,

How's this for a starter.
scuba diving Italy - dive site directory

Scuba diving centers, resorts, and live-aboards in Italy

 

[Boa Gialla]

Naga,

How's this for a starter.
scuba diving Italy - dive site directory

Highly incomplete. The site doesn't mention Liguria (Portofino, 5 Terre, Savona, ...), Tuscany (Isola d'Elba, Argentario, Isola del Giglio, Giannutri, ......), only Anzio in Lazio (Ponza, Ventotene, Tor Paterno, ...), Campania (Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Ischia, ...), Calabria (Capo Vaticano, Scilla, Reggio, ....), Sicily (Ustica, Eolian ilands, Marettimo, Pantelleria, San Vito Lo Vapo, Siracusa, ...), only Alghero in Sardinia (all the island deserve attention for the dives), only some wrecks in Puglia (Tremiti isles are very beutiful, ...). This is just a very very short list, without thinking.

A lot, really a lot, of wrecks in all regions, between range 12 mt. to 150 mt. In the mediterranen sea during both First and Second WW a lot of ships and airplanes had fought: there are italian, german, french, english, USA, ... wrecks.

That's why it's so difficult to answer a very general question.

Scuba diving centers, resorts, and live-aboards in Italy

Again, a very minimal set of info: much better to ask info for the areas of interest.

Ciao.
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