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Macaronesia

Volcanic Atlantic archipelagos — Azores, Madeira, Canaries, Cape Verde — with deep blue water and pelagic encounters.

Species cataloged: 351

Water temperature
18-24°C
Visibility
20-30 m
Best diving season
Apr-Oct
Top dive destinations
El Hierro, Pico (Azores), Madeira

Species in this zone

  • Dictyota dichotoma - Forkweed
  • Paracentrotus lividus - Purple sea urchin
  • Palinurus elephas - European spiny lobster
  • Holacanthus ciliaris - Queen angelfish
  • Balistes vetula - Queen triggerfish
  • Myripristis jacobus - Blackbar soldierfish
  • Mola mola - Ocean sunfish
  • Clibanarius erythropus - Red-legged hermit crab
  • Phorcus turbinatus - Turbinate monodont
  • Savalia savaglia - Gold coral
  • Parazoanthus axinellae - Yellow cluster anemone
  • Anemonia viridis - Snakelocks anemone
  • Alicia mirabilis - Berried anemone
  • Taeniura grabata - Round stingray
  • Epinephelus marginatus - Dusky grouper
  • Octopus vulgaris - Common octopus
  • Scorpaena scrofa - Red scorpionfish
  • Felimida purpurea - Purple doris
  • Gnatholepis thompsoni - Goldspot goby
  • Muraena helena - Mediterranean moray
  • Homarus gammarus - European lobster
  • Astropecten aranciacus - Red comb star
  • Conger conger - European conger
  • Ginglymostoma cirratum - Nurse Shark
  • Pachygrapsus marmoratus - Marbled rock crab
  • Ophidiaster ophidianus - Purple sea star
  • Hacelia attenuata - Attenuated sea star
  • Aplysia fasciata - Mottled sea hare
  • Spondylus gaederopus - European thorny oyster
  • Cerithium rupestre - Rock cerith