Lost Anchor (Anchora, White Reef)
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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: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
157 Sightings
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14
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16
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Green Turtle
93 Sightings
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8
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5
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14
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13
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9
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15
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11
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Loggerhead Turtle
21 Sightings
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8
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5
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8
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Total number of species: 80
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Stingrays
181 Sightings
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15
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9
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13
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12
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15
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15
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19
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23
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Total number of species: 3
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Trumpetfish
133 Sightings
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11
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14
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13
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15
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Total number of species: 130
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Pufferfish
86 Sightings
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11
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7
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12
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8
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6
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9
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Total number of species: 2
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Nurse Shark
80 Sightings
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6
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14
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6
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6
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11
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10
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10
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7
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10
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0
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Total number of species: 100
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Parrotfish
76 Sightings
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6
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10
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6
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9
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15
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11
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7
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12
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Total number of species: 60
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Soldierfish
60 Sightings
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12
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6
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Total number of species: 90
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Goatfish
38 Sightings
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9
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5
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9
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10
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5
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Total number of species: 85
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Surgeonfish
36 Sightings
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9
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4
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10
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6
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7
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Total number of species: 20
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Porcupinefish
19 Sightings
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9
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5
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0
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0
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Total number of species: 150
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Sweetlips and Grunts
14 Sightings
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0
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8
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6
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0
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Total number of species: 3
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Cornetfish
13 Sightings
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6
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