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About this site
Gruta do Ilhéu Negro lies off Faial in the Azores, an island group in the mid-Atlantic belonging to Portugal. The name points to a small dark islet or rock formation along the coast, with the surrounding volcanic shoreline typical of this part of the archipelago. It is a beginner site reaching a maximum depth of around 20 metres, and divers have reported damselfish and nudibranchs among the rocky terrain.
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Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
DamselfishDamselfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
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