Conero Logbook 2019

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Dives concentrated in the period from April to September, often with poor visibility from June onwards. Poor sea life until June and water temperature below seasonal average until July. These were the characteristics of 2019, which however did not prevent me from taking photos and enjoying the show of the underwater
life of my beloved Conero!

April

looking for the few subjects on the rocks and sand, with a colder water than usual

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Naticarius stercusmuscarum – “Due sorelle”

Felimida luteorosea – “Nicole Wreck”

Rostanga rubra – “Due sorelle”

June

after a very rainy, cold and no dives May, finally we start diving, but obviously with murky water. This month, that is usually the richest in marine life, also this year does not disappoint. It’s worth mentioning the remarkable presence of Pleurobranchaea meckeli and Tritoniopsis cincta.

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Galathea squamifera – “Trave”

Dromia personata – “4 Grotte”

Macropodia spp. – “Nicole Wreck”

Xantho pilipes – “Due sorelle”

Parablennius tentacularis – “Nicole Wreck”

Nassarius nitidus – “Trave”

Pleurobranchea meckeli – “Nicole Wreck”

Tritoniopsis cincta – “Due sorelle”

Periclimenes scriptus – “Due sorelle”

July

finally water starts to warm up, even if the visibility does not improve. We focus mainly on the cliff cracks. Some of the main characters appear at Trave, Cratena peregrina and Flabellina affinis.

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