Cavernas da Siriba

On Siriba Island, in the Abrolhos Archipelago, there are small grottoes and passages up to 10 m long. Inside the main grotto, schools of fish known locally as barrigudinhos predominate, among corals and sponges. At the entrance, jacks known locally as xaréus and groupers known locally as badejos, weighing up to 30 kg, circle the divers, and spotted rays (arraias-pintadas) and schools of snappers known locally as caranhas also appear. Fish use the cavities in the wall as shelter, and there you can see caramurus (green morays), angelfish known locally as peixes-frade and the frade-real, also called ciliaris. There are also various algae, schools of passing fish and carnivorous and herbivorous bottom-dwelling fish. In Abrolhos, the best time to dive is usually from December to February, when the sea in the region is clearer.