Cais Velho
★★★★★
(1,203)
North of Pico Island in São Roque; Beginner to advanced level; Boulders, lava wall, steep slope to a sand “river“, shrimp caves, and lava fingers.
Presence of stingrays, eagle rays, atlantic and dusky groupers, morays, octopuses, shrimps, barracudas and common shallow fish from Azores.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
90 Sightings
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20
J
17
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16
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30
O
7
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
71 Sightings
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4
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6
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12
J
12
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16
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15
O
0
N
6
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
54 Sightings
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5
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0
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0
J
10
J
11
A
17
S
11
O
0
N
0
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
28 Sightings
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4
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0
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0
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13
J
11
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
106 Sightings
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5
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0
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7
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8
M
0
J
14
J
11
A
28
S
16
O
4
N
13
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
56 Sightings
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4
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6
M
17
J
23
J
6
A
0
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0
O
0
N
0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3400
Shutterstock-Shane Gross
Shrimp
51 Sightings
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4
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0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
13
J
7
A
14
S
13
O
0
N
0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
43 Sightings
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4
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0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
16
J
0
A
8
S
9
O
0
N
6
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
23 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
23
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
20 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
13
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0
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7
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0
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0
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0
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