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
31 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
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Shutterstock-Ed Jenkins
Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
21 Sightings
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Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
20 Sightings
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Total number of species: 20
iStock-stephankerkhofs
Porcupinefish
9 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
9 Sightings
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Total number of species: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
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Total number of species: 85
iStock-mirecca
Surgeonfish
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