Mediterranean corals are not so popular comparing to the tropics, but you'll be amazed by their beauty and surprising colours. The Coral Top Dive is focused to identify the endemic corals from shallow to deep waters, especially the fascinating gold coral, not easy to encounter elsewhere.

Snorkeling is more than just the practice of swimming on or through a body of water to observe underwater life in a natural setting. It is an adventure activity that you can experience during your holiday in Ustica Island.

Freediving is the perfect way to reconnect to the sea and explore the depths of the oceans with minimal impact. You can silently blend into the underwater environment. Enjoy magical encounters you get in Ustica with shy marine life and hear all the sounds of the sea.

As a volcanic island, Ustica has several caverns where scuba divers venture: you'll find large, dark spaces that seem incredibly inviting, yet are potentially dangerous. A qualified instructor will guide you to enter far enough for adventure, but stay within the light zone for an easy exit.

If you're looking forward to discover what happens underwater after the sun goes down in Ustica, sign up for the  Night Adventure Dive! The scene changes as day creatures retire and nocturnal organisms emerge.

A highly-trained PADI Instructor will teach you how to scuba dive in a relaxed, supportive learning environment.
By the end of the course, you'll have the skills and knowledge to dive at home or abroad and be an ambassador for the underwater world.

Start your scuba adventure in Ustica!

Admiring the beauty beneath the waves is one thing. Appreciating how the underwater environment functions is something that will enhance your diving experiences in ways you might not expect. Discover the aquatic environment of Ustica lsland in a special way.

Expand your understanding of the physical properties of the underwater world and how they affect you as a mermaid, while learning additional routine, exhibition and problem-handling skills.

You might not have scuba diving experience, but that doesn’t mean you can’t explore the underwater world and see what it has to offer.  Skin diving is snorkeling while making breath-hold dives to observe aquatic life, up close and personal.

Snorkeling is more than just the practice of swimming on or through a body of water to observe underwater life in a natural setting. It is an adventure activity that you can experience during your holiday in Ustica Island.

Snorkellers, to the call!

The PADI/DAN Snorkeler Research Operator  training programme is for snorkelers who wish to participate proactively in research by learning to record data from Citizen Science in Marine Biology following a specific methodology of collection.

If you think freediving is just like snorkeling (but going really deep) - think again. Freediving is an entirely different way to experience the underwater world. You’ll dive deeper, stay down longer, and feel part of the ocean itself.
Enjoy Freediving in crystal clear waters of Ustica Island.

Once you start identifying fish, you’ll gain a new appreciation for the ocean and scuba diving. You’ll also connect with fellow divers and fill up your logbook with memories. You'll love to learn about the different species in such a rich environment of biodiversity which the MPA of Ustica Island is

The best way to enjoy diving in Ustica is by boat. You will embark aboard and go for the half-day trip with 2 guided dives per day and surface interval. The boat might stay moored in a bay or navigate shortly for pickup services, but you have time to relax, snack, sunbath or swim in the meanwhile!

Expand your diving skills with 3 Adventure Dives in Ustica. Explore new environments, build confidence and gain experience under instructor guidance in the Marine Protected Area. A flexible step toward Advanced certification.

As a volcanic island, Ustica has several caverns where scuba divers venture: you'll find large, dark spaces that seem incredibly inviting, yet are potentially dangerous. A qualified instructor will guide you to enter far enough for adventure, but stay within the light zone for an easy exit.

 Depth can be a relative concept:  30 metres, 40 or even deeper! This is what a Deep Adventure Dive in Ustica can be for you: you can make your first step to the next depth range of your level of certification and experience with our PADI Instructor on a Training Adventure Dive.

Breathing less nitrogen means you can enjoy longer dives and shorter surface intervals. Want to give it a try? if you've never dived in nitrox our PADI Instructor will guide you into practise and experience the benefits of enriched air on a Nitrox Adventure Dive.

Dive beneath to volcano and explore the "dark side" of Ustica's underwater environment! The Cave Zone of the Marine Protected Area is regulated by its disciplinary and offers about 10 underwater caverns to visit.

Experience new adventures with a PADI Instructor by your side. Fine-tune your buoyancy skills, build confidence in your navigation abilities, and try new activities. An Advanced Open Water Diver certification also opens the door to dive sites deeper than 18m

Continue your scuba journey in Ustica!

Make a difference on every dive by activating your inner citizen scientist. During this Specialty course you’ll learn how ocean plastic and trash cleanups not only keep your local dive sites healthier, but also how to contribute to a global database that documents our planet’s marine debris problem.

The seabeds of Ustica are as an underwater museum. Ancient anchors, potteries and other items dating back to different historical periods have been found in the first years of underwater exploration. A qualified guide will lead you along the underwater archaelogic itineraries to plunge into the past

Corals do not only live in tropical seas. Under the name coral, we find different species, some of which live in the Mediterranean Come and discover In Ustica the hard corals, which include reef-building corals, and soft corals, which do not have a skeleton.