Zurrieq Cave
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West Reef & Caves is one of the two reef dives in Wied iz-Zurrieq, the other being East Reef. West Reef has drop-offs, ledges, gullies, boulders and two caves surrounded by sea grass and sandy areas.
At this dive site you can see mediterranean sea bream, stingrays, moray eels, grouper, common octopus, cuttlefish, red starfish, damselfish and many other reef fishes.
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
48 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
19 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 600
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Wrasse
2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
15 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 120
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Cuttlefish
12 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3
Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo
Trumpetfish
8 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 60
Shutterstock-Laura Dinraths
Electric Ray
3 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
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 150
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Sweetlips and Grunts
2 Sightings
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