Question 1

How deep is the Torrazzo dive at Caminia?

Accepted Answer

It does not go past 15 m anywhere on the route. The diving service in the bay is explicit that the shallow bottom is the point: it makes the traverse safe in the dark as well as in daylight. The Vasche di Cassiodoro section further up the coast is shallower still, with a maximum of about 10 m.

Question 2

Is Torrazzo suitable for beginners?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The operator that runs it grades the shallow sections as usable by everyone, beginners included, and the whole route stays within 15 m with no overhead and no current warning published. It is a reasonable first open-water dive or a gentle refresher, and the same shallow profile makes it a straightforward introduction to night diving.

Question 3

Where exactly is the Torrazzo?

Accepted Answer

It is the cliff on the right-hand side of the Baia di Caminia, in the comune of Stalettì on the Gulf of Squillace between Catanzaro Lido and Soverato. A hamlet of Stalettì called Santa Maria del Mare Torrazzo sits above it. The dive itself is a traverse along the coast from the bay towards Copanello, so it covers a stretch rather than a single point.

Question 4

Can you dive Torrazzo at night?

Accepted Answer

That is what it is best known for locally. The diving service in the Baia di Caminia describes the route as rewarding by day and for a night dive in complete safety, precisely because the bottom never exceeds 15 m. The same centre teaches the PADI Night Diver speciality, so it can be done as part of a course.

Question 5

What will I see at Torrazzo?

Accepted Answer

A shallow rocky-shore community: damselfish, painted comber, white seabream, salema, ornate wrasse and striped red mullet along the walls, wide-eyed flounder and striped seabream over the sand, and blennies, warty crab, spiny starfish, black urchin, sea cucumber and thorny oyster on the rock. In high summer the two most frequently recorded animals here are the barrel jellyfish and the fried egg jellyfish.

Question 6

When can you dive Torrazzo?

Accepted Answer

The diving service in the bay operates every day from July to September, which is the practical window for a guided dive or a course here. Outside those months there is no scheduled operation in the bay itself, so you would need to arrange it privately or through a centre further along the Soverato coast.

Question 7

Is Torrazzo the same dive as BLU70 at Copanello?

Accepted Answer

They overlap. The operator's own description says the Torrazzo route takes in the well-known pools of Copanello, which it calls BLU70, situated beyond the Torrazzo. The two are catalogued separately and sit about 400 m apart, but on the water they are points along one continuous coastal traverse rather than two independent dives.

Species	How often	Records
Rhizostoma pulmo	occasional	12
Pennaria disticha	rare	2
Parablennius sanguinolentus	rare	2
Thalassoma pavo	rare	2
Sarpa salpa	rare	2
Cotylorhiza tuberculata	rare	2
Patella caerulea	rare	2
Eriphia verrucosa	rare	1
Porpita porpita	rare	1
Marthasterias glacialis	rare	1
Arbacia lixula	rare	1
Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa	rare	1
Aidablennius sphynx	rare	1
Mullus surmuletus	rare	1
Chromis chromis	rare	1
Serranus scriba	rare	1
Diplodus sargus	rare	1
Lithognathus mormyrus	rare	1
Bothus podas	rare	1
Aplysia dactylomela	rare	1
Bolinus brandaris	rare	1
Hexaplex trunculus	rare	1
Stramonita haemastoma	rare	1
Pinctada radiata	rare	1
Spondylus gaederopus	rare	1
Sarcotragus spinosulus	rare	1
Monoplex parthenopeus	rare	1

Torrazzo, Caminia

Torrazzo, Caminia

The dive

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