© UCPA Saint-Pierre, 97250 SAINT-PIERRE
COUCOUNE TOMBANT DE BARRERE
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The Barrère drop-off is located less than 10 minutes from the UCPA center. Fallback site in the event of a current to the south. Sandy plateau with a few rocky areas and a vertical drop-off starting at a depth of 12 meters and descending to more than 50 meters.
Garden eels, tropical live eels, sun-warmed, yellow-tailed sardines, gorettes, squirrel fish, lobsters and sometimes green and/or hawksbill turtles
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
11 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
11 Sightings
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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
6 Sightings
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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
6 Sightings
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Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
1 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 7
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Sea Lion
1 Sightings
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iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
1 Sightings
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Alamy/BIOSPHOTO
Ocean Sunfish
1 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
1 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
7 Sightings
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