DESCRIZIONE
Artificial reef for recreational diving (1) comprising a base (2) of a slab of reinforced concrete and a vertically extending superstructure (3) made of concrete of inert lightweight materials that is ejected onto a structural frame comprising a plurality of stem members (32) around a trunk (31) implanted into the base and plastic grid items (12) suspended thereupon in a predetermined manner so as to form, following concrete ejection, a reef having a form and aesthetics corresponding to that of a natural reef, comprising blind crevices (9) and through holes (7) leading to chambers (8) and smaller or larger cavities (10, 11), constituting microhabitats and refuges for targeted benthic and benthopelagic organisms. The reef (1) is founded onto the seabed with one or more beams (30) introduced into holes (4) that pass perpendicularly through the base (2) and extend vertically along the superstructure (3). Artificial reefs (1) are organized in groups (20) defining an artificial oasis for recreational diving within a planned section (ABCD) of the seabed.