Beccu – Le Chameau
Near the Lavezzi lighthouse: a descent over posidonia, where barracudas pass, leads to a pile of rocks forming a labyrinth of arches, overhangs, small caves and vertical cracks with corbs and forkbeards. On the way back a camel-shaped rock is covered in Flabellina nudibranchs and their spiral egg ribbons.
Facts
- Region: France – Corsica
- Area: Bonifacio & Lavezzi
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef, cave
- Coordinates: 41.332, 9.2605 (approximate)
- Highlights: posidonia seagrass, barracuda, brown meagre, forkbeard, Flabellina nudibranchs, arches and swim-throughs
- Permit: Inside the Bouches de Bonifacio Nature Reserve. Under the 1999 creation decree, spearfishing and any taking are banned in the protected perimeters, and diving in the reserve's no-take zones (which include the Lavezzi plateau) is subject to individual authorisation under a procedure set by the maritime prefect (Art. 31). Dive with a local centre that operates in the reserve and check the current zone rules with the manager (OEC). (Source: decree of 23 Sept 1999 via AIDA/INERIS)
- Issuer / contact: Office de l'Environnement de la Corse (reserve manager)
- Phone: +33 4 95 45 04 00
- Email: contact@oec.fr
- Website: https://www.oec.corsica/
- Tips: Good buoyancy matters in the swim-throughs; avoid touching the egg ribbons.