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About this site
Portimão sits on the Algarve coast of southern Portugal, at the mouth of the Arade river, and its offshore waters include an artificial reef program built from decommissioned naval vessels sunk in recent decades to draw diving traffic to the area. Castelo Neptuno appears to reference one of these constructed or reef-style sites off the Portimão coastline, part of the broader effort to create dive attractions along this stretch of the Atlantic. Boats out to these sites typically run from the marina at Portimão itself.
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West African Fiddler CrabAfruca tangeriReported here · unconfirmed
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