Praia do Pintadinho

★★★★☆ (400)

The beautiful beach of Pintadinho is about 10 minutes west of Carvoeiro. Perfect dive site to start a your diving courses or refreshing your skills, since you reach a maximum deapth of 10m. Between Sand and rocks you can observe 2 anchors and a canon..

On this beach site you can observe all kinds of breams and wrasses, scorpion fish, anemones, sea cucumbers, star fish, sometimes sea neadles and rays.

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

Octopus

Octopus

240 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
2
A
9
M
24
J
23
J
78
A
59
S
25
O
9
N
4
D
7

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 250

Scorpionfish

Scorpionfish

191 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
2
A
6
M
18
J
20
J
71
A
38
S
20
O
7
N
2
D
7

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 90

Goatfish

Goatfish

181 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
1
A
8
M
14
J
16
J
71
A
34
S
23
O
7
N
2
D
5

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 120

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

106 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
2
A
3
M
15
J
16
J
42
A
17
S
8
O
1
N
0
D
2

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 40

Jackfish

Jackfish

101 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
1
A
7
M
5
J
6
J
38
A
21
S
16
O
3
N
2
D
2

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 3000

Nudibranch

Nudibranch

59 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
1
M
7
J
5
J
29
A
13
S
4
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

Flounder

Flounder

52 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
5
J
17
A
15
S
13
O
1
N
0
D
1

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 190

Conger Eel

Conger Eel

29 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
1
M
6
J
0
J
9
A
6
S
5
O
1
N
0
D
1

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 7000

Crab

Crab

27 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
1
A
1
M
3
J
4
J
12
A
0
S
4
O
0
N
0
D
2

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 250

Skate Fish

Skate Fish

21 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
1
A
3
M
10
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
6
O
1
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.: 110

Snapper

Snapper

7 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
3
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
4
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.: 150

Sea Breams

Sea Breams

7 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
3
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
4
O
0
N
0
D
0

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