22/08/2026
Beautiful to see… but they don’t belong here. 🦁🐠⚠️
The Lionfish is without a doubt one of the most spectacular fish you can encounter underwater. Elegant, fascinating and incredibly photogenic… but unfortunately also highly invasive.
Originally from the Indo-Pacific, lionfish have been spreading rapidly throughout the Mediterranean Sea.
And today, during just one dive in Santa Maria di Leuca, we spotted THREE of them. 😳
An amazing encounter from a photographer’s point of view, but definitely worrying for the Mediterranean ecosystem. Lionfish have very few natural predators here, reproduce quickly and prey on native fish and crustaceans.
😍 Beautiful to see.
📸 Amazing to photograph.
⚠️ But definitely not good news.
The Mediterranean is changing right in front of our eyes — and as divers, we have a front-row seat to witness it. 🌊
📍 Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy 🇮🇹