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Posidonia Reef
★★★★☆
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Named after the seaweed Posidonia, you can find a lot of it around this dive site. There are rock formations that indicates some ancient human activity. An easy dive for all levels.
Seaweed, sand, and rocks form a nice underwater landscape. We can find many different types of small fish, Groupers, Octopus, and Moray Eels.
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.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
6 Sightings
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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
Moray Eel
5 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
23 Sightings
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9
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5
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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
19 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
9 Sightings
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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
9 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
7 Sightings
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6
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 110
iStock-Rainer von Brandis
Snapper
6 Sightings
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3
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Levent Konuk
Goatfish
6 Sightings
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