dear Brits,
since I've seen you may take direct low cost flights to Alghero (north west Sardinia) from London and Nottingham, here's a copuple of places to go not far from Alghero, recommened by expert spearos I know. So here's some suggestions for places to go not far from the Alghero airport.
town of
Castelsardo highly recommended by my friends
where is it?
one hour drive north east of Alghero airport
Google Maps
how does it look like?
the surroundings:
Google. Risultato della ricerca di immagini per http://www.byguide.com/gallery/sep05/bay-castelsardo-1.jpg
spearfishing tips:ù
-bring on a 90/100 cm bandgun AND a short one (50 to 70) band or airgun with 5 pronger tip.
-float with dive flag is mandatory
-watch the boat traffic (in may it's not gonna be so terrible as in summer) and watch the weather it changes pretty suddenly especially from north winds.
-always watch into vertical cracks in the rocks and under "roofs" of rock that's fishy.
where to go (for hunting):
-towards Valledoria (direction east) many easy places to go hunting no boat needed
-between Platamona beach and Castelsardo town many nice entries (Marritza, into water no need of boat.
-from the port/marina of Castelsardo go right towards a place called "Lu Bagnu" (pronounced Loo Banyoo), access to water with no boat necessary, breams, mulletts and giltheads. In front of that, a mile off coast, if you rent a boat you can try a fishy shoal 15 meters deep.
-on the road to a place called Platamona (few kilometers, you may rent a scooter bike or car) in front of a hotel named Rasciada Hotel, find a walking access to the sea (it's steep, you can sea walkable tracks from the road above) good place recommended by local spearos
- search on local maps for Punta Tramontana, nice rocky bottom, dentex, giltheads, maybe amberjacks.
-if you cand rive try places called Isola Rossa, Costa Paradiso, Cala Grande, famous for spearfishing, it isn't too far.
-when you'll be there you will realize it's not so hard to fuind places to go hunting.
-I'm posting one more couple of different places to go during the day of today...stay tuned!