Mervillon

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Mervillon

★★★★☆ (31)

Site located at 25 minutes of navigation and at 14m max of depth, Mervillon is a beautiful coral drop-off, generally we follow this drop-off on the way out and then the return is done above this drop-off.

Fish: Cardinal, Gorette, Surgeon, Diodon, Murene, Angels, barracuda...Crustaceans: Lobster, Spider crabsMollusks: Caribbean flamingo tongue and sinuous Gorgonian.

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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: 130

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Total number of species: 7000

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NOA Plongée, Club Nautique Anse des Rochers

Route du lagon, 97118 SAINT-FRANCOIS, GLP

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