San Giovanni Reef

Mediterranean Marine Life: bogue, two-banded seabream, salema, saddled seabream, painted comber, med. Rainbow wrasse, ornate wrasse, peacock wrasse, damselfish, tompot blenny, black-faced blenny, wide-eyed flounder, hermit crab, different sea slugs like dotted sea slug, pink flabellina and hervia, cuttlefish, sea urchin, starfish, peacock worm, tube-worm, algae, Neptune grass, harpoon weed

Summery: Easy dive site for a lot of different PADI Courses. Characterized by sand and Posidonia in the bay of Giardini-Naxos.

Description: The dive site is located in the bay of Giardini-Naxos, in front of the San Giovanni Church. Characterized by a bed of white sand and various rich seagrass (Posidonia) in front of the church of San Giovanni, this is an ideal habitat for shallow water flora and fauna. Excellent for training of any level, like PADI Open Water Diver or Rescue Diver. We can do an easy dive around the sand to improve your buoyancy hovering over the sand and look at the small fishes hidden in the Posidonia. This dive site is also perfect for all PADI Specialty Courses like Dry Suit, Navigation and Project Aware Dive Against Debris.