Buoy - Mestre

Geographical reference: P204

Length of route: 160 mt.

Identification mark: M

This diving site is inside the largest area of the No-Take Zone. The diving routes have been set up and are managed by "Club Sesto Continente - San Giorgio delle Pertiche (Pd)". The rocky outcrop is part of the main and largest structure of the Tegnùe di Chioggia. It extends for several hundreds of metres in north-south direction and often resembles a double cordillera. The highest rocks rise to a depth of 17 metres while the surrounding muddy sea bottom is 21 metres deep. The mooring buoy is located 20 metres to the west of the rocks.
Many different species of sponges may be sighted in this Tegnùa, as well as a large population of Parazoanthus axinellae (small yellow anemone) along the east side. Sea ravens and conger eels can be found in the deep cracks. Shoals of Chromis choromis (damselfish) and hydrozoans populated by flabellina crowd over the rocks. 

Bathymetric survey: Piero Mescalchin