Ponta do Alvo
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Also known as Ponta Grossa do Sitio Forte, because it faces the inlet of Sitio Forte. You dive into the structures of an old pier. Around the tip, there is a prominent point known as Alvo. According to the locals, this structure is a nautical radar reflector.
You can often find sea horses, turtles, sea stars and, like all of Ilha Grande, flying gunnards, salemas, bodiões, marimbas, sergeants, etc.
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Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
38 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
19 Sightings
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
5 Sightings
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Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
25 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
23 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
12 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 125
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Gurnards
7 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 85
iStock-mirecca
Surgeonfish
6 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 20
iStock-stephankerkhofs
Porcupinefish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 150
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Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species approx.: 25
AdobeStock_Vladimir Wrangel
Boxfish
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 120
AdobeStock-Composer.
Flounder
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
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