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Atalaia Garden
Sagres, Algarve, Portugal
Max depth23 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp16–21°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Atalaia Garden is a cave, reef and wreck dive site near Sagres, Faro, Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 23 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, dolphins, octopus, cuttlefish, jacks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 16 to 21 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
White SeabreamDiplodus cadenati
Violet Sea UrchinSphaerechinus granularis
Nearby sites
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Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org