Ilhéu de Vila Franca - cozinha
★★★★☆
(1,321)
Located in the nature reserve of the islet of Vila Franca do Campo, where you can find many passages along the wall up to a depth of 10m along the rock. The maximum depth is 18m. Bottom of small rock formations mixed with sand.
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
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: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
131 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
82 Sightings
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7
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25
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15
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13
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Total number of species: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
44 Sightings
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10
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13
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16
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Total number of species: 600
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Wrasse
13 Sightings
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9
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Total number of species: 250
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Grouper/Basslets
164 Sightings
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8
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19
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25
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33
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32
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25
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14
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2
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Total number of species: 100
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Parrotfish
104 Sightings
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23
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22
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19
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Total number of species: 40
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
101 Sightings
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5
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14
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18
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21
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25
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14
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1
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Total number of species: 250
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Scorpionfish
40 Sightings
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9
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18
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12
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Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
19 Sightings
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14
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Total number of species: 120
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Flounder
14 Sightings
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14
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Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
10 Sightings
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