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Las Gorgonias
Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Water bodyAlboran Sea
Water temp15–25°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Las Gorgonias is a reef dive site near Almería, Spain, in the Alboran Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, nudibranchs, cuttlefish, jacks, octopus. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Black-faced BlennyTripterygion delaisi
Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Ringneck BlennyParablennius pilicornis
Nearby sites
- 1El Pináculo0.2 km
- 2Bello Rincón0.5 km
- 3Los Túneles0.9 km
- 4La Cala del Peñon3.3 km
- 5La Convergencia- Roca Madre3.4 km
- 6El Dies3.8 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org