La Morsetta
Cape north of Galeria with several dive options: a sheltered inside used for first dives, a northern canyon dropping to about 40 m with fish schools, groupers, corbs and morays, and a southern side of small canyons with macro life and a red coral overhang at about 20 m. Spider crabs gather here in their breeding season.
Facts
- Region: France – Corsica
- Area: Galeria, Porto & Cargèse
- Depth: 5–50 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef, channel, wall
- Coordinates: 42.475, 8.646 (approximate)
- Highlights: canyon, dusky grouper, brown meagre, forkbeard, moray eel, scorpionfish, squat lobster, red coral, spider crab
- Tips: The inner bay is the windy-day fallback. The Elpa Nera cove further south belongs to the Scandola reserve, where scuba diving is forbidden.