Cape Spalmatore and the Cirri Cave   (5/ 12)
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Location West coast at 25 minutes by sea from the port
Seabed Sandy inside the cave, rocky outside with crevices and passages
Difficulty Advanced
Depth 40 metres (130 feet)
Current Usually absent
Visibility Very good
Temeperature Summer: 24-26 °C (78.8 °F), winter min 14 °C (57.2 °F)

Cape Spalmatore offers 3 or 4 different dives, from the coast seawards. At depths ranging between 35 and 50 m (114 – 165 ft) there are particularly large rocks with canals, caves and passages - impossible to visit in just the one dive. Narrow underwater canyons offer the most wonderful variations and reflections of sunlight. Here a good deal of sea bream and corbs have made their homes while schools of amberjack swim majestically seawards, often accompanied by shoals of sharp snout bream.

Cirri’s cave is a real underwater wonder and can be accessed by a narrow entrance at a depth of 28 m (92 ft) on the reef wall. The cave reserves a surprise for all those who enter: a thick shoal of small sardines, known as ‘cirri’ to Ustican locals, moving in a huge cavern which opens up towards the sea. The silver cloud of cirri set against the intense blue of the sea is always an enchanting sight - even for the guides!