Los Escullos 1

★★★★★ (554)

This dive site is located in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park in the Los Escullos area. Here there is a small promontory called “Punta del Esparto“ and a beach called “Cala Palo“ from which you can access the water.

Huge schools of salps and bream can be found, medium-sized groupers, barracuda, moray eels and nudibranchs are often seen.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

56 Sightings
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6
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5
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5
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5
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6
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13
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8
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6
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1
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1

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Total number of species: 27

Barracuda

52 Sightings
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5
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1
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4
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5
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6
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0
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9
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8
O
6
N
6
D
2

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Total number of species: 300

Octopus

5 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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4
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1
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0

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Total number of species: 250

Grouper/Basslets

86 Sightings
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6
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1
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6
M
5
J
10
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9
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23
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13
O
6
N
5
D
2

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Total number of species: 190

Conger Eel

6 Sightings
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3
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Total number of species: 150

Sweetlips and Grunts

6 Sightings
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2
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1
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0
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3
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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
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Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

5 Sightings
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4
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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
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1
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0

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