Playa de Malpique

★★★★★ (2,123)

Five minutes from the Fuencaliente Lighthouse, access is via the next road north along the West coast. It is a platform at 5 meters with three large rocks that rise to the surface depending on the tides and form a canyon, surrounded by sand, ideal for Try Scuba.

Plenty of trumpetfish, parrotfish, ornate wrasse, damselfish, flounder, spider crab and occasional visits from moray eels, stingrays, cuttlefish, octopus

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

173 Sightings
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7
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11
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12
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5
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12
J
24
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36
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34
O
14
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0
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18

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Total number of species: 300

Octopus

12 Sightings
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0
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12
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Total number of species: 3

Trumpetfish

189 Sightings
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14
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9
M
7
J
13
J
23
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49
S
27
O
19
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8
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20

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Total number of species: 100

Parrotfish

105 Sightings
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11
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10
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6
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12
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13
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14
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16
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10
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0
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13

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Total number of species: 120

Flounder

99 Sightings
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8
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0
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0
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9
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0
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30
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26
O
11
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0
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15

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Total number of species: 130

Pufferfish

95 Sightings
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0
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11
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6
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5
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9
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13
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30
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21
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0
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 250

Scorpionfish

51 Sightings
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0
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8
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6
M
7
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6
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0
A
14
S
10
O
0
N
0
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0

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Total number of species: 80

Stingrays

31 Sightings
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6
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11
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0
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0
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14
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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: 7000

Crab

22 Sightings
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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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22
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0
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0
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0
D
0

Common Seahorse

18 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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6
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0
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12
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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: 20

Porcupinefish

17 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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17
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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: 30

Sand Eel

16 Sightings
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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
J
0
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16
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0
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0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species: 120

Cuttlefish

11 Sightings
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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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0
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11
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0
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0
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0
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0

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