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Iles du Toro
Close to the Iles du Toro, another area of dramatic underwater relief provides us with an extremely interesting and varied dive site. At depths of between 5 and 40 metres, there are large bommies, overhangs, drop-offs and deep canyons to be found.
Gliding along among these bizarre rock formations is fantastic enough, but the rich variety of life is just as amazing. Besides the numerous groupers, you can see meagre, barracuda, moray eels and shoals of different species of bream as well as scorpionfish and octopuses – the Mediterranean in all its beauty and diversity.
The craggy rock walls at Toro are ideal territory for the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena), which, if you keep a lookout for them, can be sighted here on almost every dive. They tend to inspire a certain degree of respect with their snakelike form, their muscular, scale-less bodies and their razor sharp teeth. But moray eels are actually quite shy and will usually try and get away from you if you get too close.
Despite rumours to the contrary, morays are not poisonous; their bite can only cause an infection through the transfer of bacteria. During the daytime, moray eels usually hide out in holes and crevices. They come out to hunt at night, mainly preying on fish and molluscs. |
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