Santa Margherita Ligure – San Michele

Activities

Interests

Distance: 2nM – 3,5km

Difficulty: beginner

Duration: 1h (2h with breaks)

Neptune Seagrass

  • Plant with roots, trunk, leaves, flowers and fruits
  • Creates meadows, a protected habitat
  • Produces oxygen, reduces beach erosion
  • Threathened by anchoring and coastal development
  • Not a seaweed

Cystoseira

  • Brown seaweed
  • Very sensitive to pollution
  • Lives in very clean sea water
  • Great ecological significance
  • Used as a bioindicator

Shag

  • Pelagic bird
  • Hunts swimming underwater
  • The ‘tuft’ appears during courtship
  • Protected (birds directive CEE 409/79)
  • Easily confused with the great cormorant

For further information, contact the Tourist Information and Reception Offices of the relevant Municipalities.

Comune di Rapallo
iat@comune.rapallo.ge.it
www.comune.rapallo.ge.it

Comune di Santa Margherita Ligure
infopoint@comunesml.it
www.smlturismo.it

4 new itineraries have been created in order to carry out slow tourism activities, to alleviate the tourist pressure in protected areas by seasonally adjusting the offers on the territory. These itineraries can be traveled with eco-sustainable means such as SUP, kayak or mask and fins.

Please note that the map is only descriptive.

For the rental of supports for the excursion, it is advisable to contact the operators in the sector directly or the information and tourist reception offices of the area.

Best Practices

This information is only an indication of some behaviors to be respected in order to dive safely and with respect for the environment.

Know rules & territory

If you pass into Marine Protected Areas, inquire about the provisions for use

Self rescue skills

Good swimmer

Never be alone

Don’t throw garbage When possible collect garbage

Within 300 m from coast

Do not touch and do not pick up animals and rocks

Check the marine weather conditions before leaving