Ponta De Gabriel
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About this site
Ponta de Gabriel is a rocky point along the coast near Cabo Frio, a town in Rio de Janeiro state known for the clear, cooler waters brought in by coastal upwelling. The area lies along a stretch of coastline favored by divers based out of Cabo Frio and nearby Arraial do Cabo, where boats head out to rocky points and islands offshore. Divers here have reported banded butterflyfish, blackear wrasse, Brazilian ocean surgeonfish, Brazilian damselfish, lantern bass, planehead filefish, spotted goatfish, and squirrelfish around the rocky structure.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Blackear WrasseHalichoeres poeyiReported here · unconfirmed
Planehead FilefishStephanolepis hispidaReported here · unconfirmed
Brazilian Ocean SurgeonfishAcanthurus bahianusReported here · unconfirmed
Brazilian damselfishStegastes fuscusReported here · unconfirmed
SquirrelfishHolocentrus adscensionisReported here · unconfirmed
Spotted GoatfishPseudupeneus maculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Banded ButterflyfishChaetodon striatusReported here · unconfirmed
Lantern BassSerranus baldwiniReported here · unconfirmed
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