Arcos da caloura

★★★★☆ (497)

Located 300m from a volcanic sand beach in the small bay of Caloura. The top of the reef is at 5m and can go down to 20m. At 16m we can find 4 impressive arches that are the main attraction of the dive.

Species that can be spotted are Canary Damsel, Salema, Rainbow wrasse, Ornate Wrasse, arzores Chromis, Rock-pool Blenny, Rusty blenny, Red scorpion fish, Madeira rockfish, redlip blenny

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Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

48 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600

Wrasse

25 Sightings
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Total number of species: 27

Barracuda

17 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

Grouper/Basslets

54 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100

Parrotfish

43 Sightings
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Total number of species: 80

Stingrays

35 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

Scorpionfish

28 Sightings
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Total number of species: 40

Jackfish

13 Sightings
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Total number of species: 190

Conger Eel

9 Sightings
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