Elbo Wall
Dive site
A long, south-facing vertical wall running 200 metres inside Scandola's inner bay. Below 25 metres the rock is smothered in orange sponge colonies and the occasional black coral tree; above, gorgonians alternate with posidonia meadow where the wall angle eases. Dusky grouper dominate, but the site is also one of the most reliable in France for seeing the electric-blue flash of ornate wrasse — a smaller, painterly species rarely noticed by divers focused on the big fish.
Conditions
Depth
5 to 45 m
Advanced depths
Current
Variable
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
25 to 40 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
12 to 27°C
3mm wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 13 |
| Vis (m) | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Current | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Dusky grouper
Photo: Billy Bensted-Smith · CC BY-NC
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Black coral
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Photo: Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Ornate wrasse
Rare
Now and then
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