Mangaliai tenger alatti kénforrások (ROSCI0094)
Protected Natura 2000 site off Mangalia's eastern port, with submarine sulphur springs, shallow sandbanks and rocky reefs. Listed species include gobies, the crab Eriphia verrucosa and the hermit crab Diogenes pugilator, razor clams, eelgrass (Zostera noltii) and Cystoseira algae. Diving is allowed only with the custodian's written consent.
Facts
- Region: Romania – Black Sea coast
- Area: Mangalia – Vama Veche
- Level: intermediate
- Current: low
- Type: reef
- Coordinates: 43.81333, 28.59833 (approximate)
- Highlights: Natura 2000 site with submarine sulphur springs, shallow sandbanks and rocky reefs, goby, Eriphia verrucosa crab, eelgrass and Cystoseira algae
- Permit: Under the site regulation, diving requires the written consent of the custodian; the custodian may authorise companies and associations for up to 25 divers a day, boats may be at most 12 m, and every dive must be logged. Under the 2015 regulation the custodian is GeoEcoMar (National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology); management of Natura 2000 sites may since have moved to the National Agency for Protected Natural Areas (ANANP) – check current terms.
- Issuer / contact: GeoEcoMar – Constanța branch (custodian under the 2015 regulation)
- Phone: +40241690366
- Email: branch.constanta@geoecomar.ro
- Website: https://www.geoecomar.ro/
- Tips: Arrange the dive through an operator authorised by the custodian (max 25 divers/day inside the site). Spearfishing is banned. The pin marks the centre of the protected site, not a dive entry.