© Kristian H. (#3639991)
Playa de Malpique
★★★★★
(2,283)
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
Alamy-WaterFrame
182 Sightings
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0
F
8
M
15
A
16
M
5
J
12
J
24
A
36
S
34
O
14
N
0
D
18
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
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
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0
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12
O
0
N
0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3
Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo
Trumpetfish
196 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
20
A
10
M
7
J
13
J
23
A
49
S
27
O
19
N
8
D
20
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
109 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
14
A
11
M
6
J
12
J
13
A
14
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16
O
10
N
0
D
13
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 120
AdobeStock-Composer.
Flounder
105 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
14
A
0
M
0
J
9
J
0
A
30
S
26
O
11
N
0
D
15
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
102 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
16
A
8
M
5
J
9
J
13
A
30
S
21
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.: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
56 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
11
A
8
M
7
J
6
J
0
A
14
S
10
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
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
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
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
22 Sightings
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0
F
0
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0
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0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
22
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0
O
0
N
0
D
0
Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
18 Sightings
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0
F
0
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0
A
0
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6
J
0
J
12
A
0
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0
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.: 20
iStock-stephankerkhofs
Porcupinefish
17 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
17
S
0
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.: 30
Shutterstock-s_a_j
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
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 120
SSI-Peter-Schinck
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
