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Playa de los frailes
Hondarribia, Basque Country, France
Water bodyBay of Biscay
Water temp12–22°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Playa de los frailes is a reef and wall dive site near Hondarribia, Pyrenees-Atlantics, France, in the Bay of Biscay. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, dolphins, jacks, octopus, sea fans. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 12 to 22 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
MackerelScomber scombrus
ScadTrachurus trachurus
Striped DolphinStenella coeruleoalba
Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
Long-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala melas
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
Nearby sites
- 1Cala de los frailes0.0 km
- 2La Caseta1.7 km
- 3Las Cuevas1.7 km
- 4Sites de plongée de Chicharvel1.7 km
- 5Erretak3.4 km
- 6Belharra-Perdun6.2 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org