Ai Giannis’ Wall
Off the cliff at Ithaca’s southeastern cape, a breathtaking wall rises from the depth of 80 meters. The landscape along with the currents create the perfect habitant for sustaining the most of Mediterranean biodiversity.
Dive starts at the south part of the wall on top of a landslide at 12m, following the majestic wall that forms small caves at depths down to 30. Experienced and daring divers can explore the holes and crevices to discover and photograph amazing colorful sponges, crinoids and soft corals, tiny crustaceans and nudibranchs, rare grouper species, moray eels and lobsters. Depending on air consumption of divers, t at the far end of the site can be found the remains of an exploded WII sea mine that rests on a slope at 27 m. On the way back, amberjacks and dentex may appear from the deep to intercept the intruders of their territory and eventually following he shallower part of the wall, impressive rock formations can be observed. The Ai Giannis’ wall is also an all-time favourite site to free divers who can realy plunge into the deep blue.
The average depth of the dive is 20 m, while the max is 30 m, appropriate for advanced level divers.
The visibility is usually greater than 30 m and temperature ranges between 17-25 °C in summer months, depending on depth. Occasionally a weak surface current may be encountered. Boat ride duration 35′.
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