Lost Anchor (Anchora, White Reef)
★★★★☆
(1,386)
When the current goes out of Santa Maria Bay, this is a great way to experience the Lost Anchor and Farol dive sites as a drift dive. On 3 depth levels you can experience lots of underwater creatures.
Typical Capeverdian reef fauna: soldierfish, gruntfish, trumpetfish, small stingrays, moray eels, nudibranchs, octopus and cuttlefish
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.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
174 Sightings
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9
F
11
M
19
A
14
M
12
J
16
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19
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16
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13
O
10
N
11
D
24
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Green Turtle
98 Sightings
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5
F
0
M
19
A
12
M
0
J
14
J
13
A
0
S
0
O
9
N
15
D
11
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Loggerhead Turtle
16 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
8
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
8
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.: 80
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Stingrays
194 Sightings
J
10
F
16
M
23
A
14
M
13
J
14
J
20
A
12
S
15
O
15
N
19
D
23
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3
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Trumpetfish
144 Sightings
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5
F
6
M
17
A
8
M
11
J
13
J
19
A
14
S
13
O
10
N
15
D
13
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
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Pufferfish
91 Sightings
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7
F
0
M
14
A
8
M
0
J
13
J
13
A
8
S
6
O
0
N
9
D
13
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 2
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Nurse Shark
89 Sightings
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0
F
6
M
0
A
17
M
10
J
7
J
11
A
10
S
10
O
7
N
11
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
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Parrotfish
84 Sightings
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0
F
6
M
12
A
7
M
0
J
9
J
15
A
11
S
7
O
5
N
0
D
12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 60
iStock-Global_Pics
Soldierfish
61 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
12
A
7
M
6
J
0
J
12
A
9
S
6
O
9
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.: 85
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Surgeonfish
35 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
10
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
10
S
0
O
8
N
0
D
7
