A DIVE INTO HISTORY
DIVE SITES
1 VILLA PISONI
Villa Pisoni is an extraordinary Roman villa identified
by inscriptions on a main pipe, six metres deep.
Located close to volcanic tuff rocks (compacted
lava), it features a 45-minute itinerary marked by a
rope and numbered panels. Divers can explore the
villa’s structures and rows of restored niches and
half-columns delineating the former atrium garden.
Guides temporarily remove protective sandbags so
divers can view white square mosaics.
2 VILLA PROTIRO
Located close to the seasonal floating wharfs
of modern Baian Marina, Villa Protiro features
“gardens” of spirograph worms and schools of
sargos. Its white marble threshold welcomes
divers who can glide through fascinating geometric
white and black square mosaics, a series of
residential rooms and a thermal complex filled with
architectural features.
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3 NINFEO SUBMERGED
Many consider Ninfeo the most impressive
underwater site with its wonderful Punta Epitaffio
nymphaeum. Here, divers can cruise among copies of
statues now protected in the museum of the Campi
Flegrei. Ulysses and his helmsman Baios giving a cup
of wine to Cyclops are here, as well as members of
the Emperor’s family. One can also swim between
ancient road paving stones as tiny octopuses and fish
peer out. Under the supervision of dive guides, one
can also explore nearby baths.
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4 SECCA FUMOSA
Huge piers, reaching 12 metres to the surface,
characterise Secca Fumosa on the external border
of Portus Julius. Passing rich sea life of sea bream,
octopuses, moray eels and brown snappers, divers
reach an astounding concentration of volcanic
fumaroles. The fumaroles, which heat the seabed
sand with a continuous emission of hot bubbles,
create a unique environment for the proliferation of
sulfobacteria, which form a white layer on everything.