A rock tower rising to 18m with its flanks completely covered in yellow and red gorgonians, dentex and barracuda circling the…A rock tower rising to 18m with its flanks completely covered in yellow and red gorgonians, dentex and barracuda circling the top, and the wall dropping past 45m into blue. Tavolara itself stands 560m straight out of the sea above you. Tavolara is claimed to be the smallest kingdom in the world, the Bertoleoni family were recognised as its royal house by Carlo Alberto of Savoy in the 1830s and the family graves are still on the island. The marine protected area was declared in 1997. Anchorage: Anchor off Spalmatore di Terra on Tavolara, under a 560m limestone wall, one of the great anchorages of the Tyrrhenian. Hazards: Depth and current on an exposed seamount; the top is at 18m and the good part is deeper. More