The waters of the Mediterranean Sea are a paradise for divers
Many students and young people are interested not only in computers and cars; they often spend their free time on extreme entertainment: skydiving, hang gliding, rock climbing. Very many are seriously interested in diving – underwater immersion. And so, when the exams are over, lab work is done, essays are written, cheat sheets are thrown in the trash or given to junior students, the long-awaited holiday season begins.
So, a sufficient amount has been accumulated on the credit card for a trip somewhere to the warm sea. Some prefer the Crimean coast for scuba diving, while others head to the Mediterranean Sea, where among the many bays you can find secluded spots and dive wonderfully.
In Venice, diving conditions are unique. Off the coast of the city, you can find more than 150 species of various underwater inhabitants: cuttlefish, crabs, starfish, jellyfish, and many species of fish. The giant dam built to protect Venice from flooding has gradually turned into a picturesque coral reef.
Almost everywhere, the Mediterranean coast is a paradise for divers. For example, the most popular place for diving in Europe is the rocky islands south of Sicily: Malta, Comino, Gozo. There are many underwater caves and vertical shafts here. At shallow depths, you can encounter a large number of underwater inhabitants: lobsters, octopuses, seahorses, and many fish. There are also sunken military equipment and cultural monuments, including a 2.5-meter tall statue "Christ of the Abyss" resting at a depth of about 30 meters. It was sculpted by a famous Italian sculptor at the request of diver Duilio Marcante. The location of the statue was chosen not by chance – here in 1947, a close friend of Duilio Marcante, Dario Gonzatti, died during a dive.
Underwater off the coast of the island of Malta, ancient temples have been discovered that were built in the 3rd-4th millennia BC. Some even believe that these are the remains of the legendary Atlantis.
On another island – Cyprus – there are no underwater currents, and the coastal waters are completely clear. Among the marine inhabitants, the most common are mullet, bream, octopuses, moray eels, and eels. One of the best diving sites in the world is the wreck of the Swedish ferry Zenobia, which sank in 1980 and is located 1 km from the coastal town of Larnaca.
The richness of flora and fauna, the extraordinary relief of the seabed, annually attracts a large number of diving enthusiasts to Tunisia. Here you can find sea bass, crucian carp and bream, as well as groupers, red mullets, shrimp, octopuses and squid. If you're lucky, you might even encounter a hammerhead shark. The greatest underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau first encountered sharks in the waters near the Tunisian island of Djerba.