MEDITERRANEAN
Scandola Nature Reserve
- France
- Experienced
- May - October
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Experienced
- Depth guide
- Wall and grottoes 10-40 m
- When to go
- May - October
- Site type
- Volcanic Reef
Featured wildlife
- Dusky grouper
- Giant moray
- Great barracuda
- Potato grouper
About this dive site
UNESCO Corsican reserve of red cliffs and clear water.
Scandola Nature Reserve on Corsica's west coast offers boat-only dives on gorgonian walls, groupers and steep volcanic drop-offs in often-superb Mediterranean clarity. Surface conditions and strict park rules require planning with local operators out of Galéria or Porto. It is wild coastline diving at its best.
Most trips target May - October, but wind, swell and current still decide the day's site. Calendar peak is May - October, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Scandola Nature Reserve day to day, not just the map pin.