Playa de Malpique

★★★★★ (2,382)

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

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 200

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

190 Sightings
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0
F
8
M
15
A
16
M
12
J
13
J
24
A
36
S
34
O
14
N
0
D
18

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Total number of species approx.: 300

Octopus

Octopus

12 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
12
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 3

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

203 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
20
A
10
M
13
J
14
J
23
A
49
S
27
O
19
N
8
D
20

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Total number of species approx.: 120

Flounder

Flounder

113 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
14
A
0
M
8
J
9
J
0
A
30
S
26
O
11
N
0
D
15

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Total number of species approx.: 100

Parrotfish

Parrotfish

112 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
14
A
11
M
9
J
12
J
13
A
14
S
16
O
10
N
0
D
13

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Total number of species approx.: 130

Pufferfish

Pufferfish

89 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
16
A
0
M
0
J
9
J
13
A
30
S
21
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 250

Scorpionfish

Scorpionfish

42 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
11
A
0
M
0
J
7
J
0
A
14
S
10
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 80

Stingrays

Stingrays

32 Sightings
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0
F
6
M
0
A
12
M
0
J
0
J
14
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 7000

Crab

Crab

22 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
22
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 20

Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish

17 Sightings
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0
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0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
17
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0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 30

Sand Eel

Sand Eel

16 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
16
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
Common Seahorse

Common Seahorse

12 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
12
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 120

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

11 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
11
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species approx.: 26

Angel Shark

Angel Shark

6 Sightings
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0
F
6
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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