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About this site
Rinchão is a reef site off the coast of the Leiria district on Portugal's central Atlantic seaboard, west of the Serra de Aire and facing the open ocean, with the town of Nazaré and its well-known submarine canyon not far to the south. The dive reaches a maximum depth of around 32 metres and is rated advanced.
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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.
Atlantic Horse MackerelTrachurus trachurusReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Chub MackerelScomber coliasReported here · unconfirmed
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