Pompano Beach

★★★★☆ (937)

Pompano Beach is extremely popular because of the close proximity of world-class wreck and reef dives. There are some shore dives but most are drift dives off a boat so all you need to do is jump in and get picked up later.

You’ll see typical Caribbean life like nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrotfish, and grouper.

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.: 27

Barracuda

Barracuda

34 Sightings
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9
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10
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8
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7
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Total number of species approx.: 200

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

16 Sightings
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5
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7
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4
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Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle

7 Sightings
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3
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4
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0

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Total number of species approx.: 90

Angelfish

Angelfish

75 Sightings
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6
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9
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12
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16
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10
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12
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6
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4
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Total number of species approx.: 100

Parrotfish

Parrotfish

67 Sightings
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12
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7
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16
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8
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12
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7
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Total number of species approx.: 55

Lobster

Lobster

44 Sightings
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3
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7
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15
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6
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Total number of species approx.: 2

Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

42 Sightings
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12
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5
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16
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5

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Total number of species approx.: 12

Lionfish

Lionfish

42 Sightings
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6
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5
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11
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5
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5
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7
D
3

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Total number of species approx.: 130

Pufferfish

Pufferfish

39 Sightings
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4
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7
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J
10
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7
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11
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0

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Total number of species approx.: 80

Stingrays

Stingrays

38 Sightings
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7
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4
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J
11
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13
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3

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Total number of species approx.: 130

Butterfly Fish

Butterfly Fish

34 Sightings
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5
J
9
J
9
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7
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4
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0

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Total number of species approx.: 60

Spiny Lobster

Spiny Lobster

19 Sightings
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0
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0
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9
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6
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0
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4
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Total number of species approx.: 85

Surgeonfish

Surgeonfish

17 Sightings
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3
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5
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0
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0
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4
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5
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0

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Total number of species approx.: 110

Snapper

Snapper

14 Sightings
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5
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0
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0
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5
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4
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0

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Total number of species approx.: 40

Triggerfish

Triggerfish

13 Sightings
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3
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0
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0
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0
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10
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0
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0
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0

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Total number of species approx.: 250

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Total number of species approx.: 150

Sweetlips and Grunts

Sweetlips and Grunts

7 Sightings
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0
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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4
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Total number of species approx.: 350

Damselfish

Damselfish

6 Sightings
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6
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0
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0
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 28

Clownfish

Clownfish

5 Sightings
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5
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0

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Total number of species approx.: 40

Jackfish

Jackfish

5 Sightings
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5
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Total number of species approx.: 20

Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish

3 Sightings
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3
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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 approx.: 3400

Shrimp

Shrimp

3 Sightings
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3
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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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Total number of species approx.: 7000

Crab

Crab

3 Sightings
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3
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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 approx.: 2

Tarpon

Tarpon

2 Sightings
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2

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