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Description:
Mainly geared for windsurfers and kitesurfers, there is a side industry focussed on underwater life. Town is rough compared to next door Costa del Sol, but touristy enough to have all the services one can think off (but no movie theatre). | |
| Details: |
 Average watertemp: Min 10 - Max 20 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 15 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Rocks |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Bottlenose Dolphins |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | Lives in small pots in the middle of the strait of Gibraltar. Curious animals and therefore relative bigger chance of encounter. Same as with the other cataceans, diving and snorkling are not allowed. Tours to see them from boats ar plentifull.
| | | Common dolphins |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Close to the Spanish coast pots of 40 individuals are regularly sighted. However, diving and snorkling are not allowed. Tours to see them from boats ar plentifull.
| | | Fin whales |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Crossing the strait towards the Atlantic. Not a big chance of seeing them. If so, then again only on one of the tours that are plentifull.
| | | Killer whales (Orcas) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Come into the strait to feed on shoals of Tuna that cross these waters to the Atlantic after laying their eggs near the Mediterranean coast. Again, diving and snorkling are not allowed. Tours to see them from boats ar plentifull.
| | | Long-finned pilot whales (dolphins) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Residents to be seen in the middle of the strait in groups of 30.
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Sperm whales | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Comes to the surface only to rest, after feeding up to one hour in the deep. Diving and snorkling are not allowed. Tours to see them from boats ar plentifull.
| | | Striped Dolphins | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Large pots up to 300 individuals close to the Spanish coast. However, diving and snorkling are not allowed. Tours to see them from boats ar plentifull.
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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