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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

  • Epinephelus marginatus - Dusky grouper
  • Octopus vulgaris - Common octopus
  • Tursiops truncatus - Common bottlenose dolphin
  • Manta birostris - Giant oceanic manta ray
  • Sepia officinalis - Common cuttlefish
  • Dasyatis pastinaca - Common Stingray
  • Chelonia mydas - Green sea turtle
  • Palinurus elephas - European spiny lobster
  • Paracentrotus lividus - Purple sea urchin
  • Spongia officinalis - Bath sponge
  • Ginglymostoma cirratum - Nurse Shark
  • Balistes vetula - Queen triggerfish
  • Holacanthus ciliaris - Queen angelfish
  • Acanthurus coeruleus - Blue tang surgeonfish
  • Muraena helena - Mediterranean moray
  • Rhincodon typus - Whale shark
  • Labrus bergylta - Ballan Wrasse
  • Zeus faber - John Dory
  • Hippocampus hippocampus - Short-snouted seahorse
  • Taeniura grabata - Round stingray
  • Scorpaena scrofa - Red scorpionfish
  • Homarus gammarus - European lobster
  • Conger conger - European conger
  • Mola mola - Ocean sunfish
  • Mobula tarapacana - Sicklefin devil ray
  • Seriola dumerili - Greater amberjack
  • Sparisoma cretense - Mediterranean parrotfish
  • Anomia ephippium - Saddle oyster
  • Felimare tricolor - Tricolor doris
  • Patella caerulea - Mediterranean limpet