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Description: This is a small bay that hosts an important cleaning station for almaco jacks and hammerheads. A high concentration of Creole fish, together with common sightings of groups of eagle rays or other pelagics, make this place absolutely incredible. The silky sharks can be counted in the hundreds. It's enough action to make you shiver!
Marine life:
Hammerheads, silkies, mantas, eagle rays, jacks, tunas, whale shark, eels

Description: Two long pinnacles that grow almost parallel up to 30 feet from the surface, form canyons that schools of hammerheads and eagle rays like to swim through. Numerous scorpion fish together with eels can be observed on the shallower parts of these pinnacles.
Marine life: Hammerheads, silkies, eagle rays, scorpionfish, eels

Description: Also known as "The Reef", this is the part of the island where the walls exhibit the least amount of vertical descent. For that reason corals have been able to take advantage of the area creating large, regular terraces. This is due to the fact that here the coral receives a greater amount of light, which is so crucial for their growth. Numerous species of reef fish are thus called to pray at this altar. Snappers, sea bass, surgeons, king angels, damselfish, Moorish idols, eels, trumpet fish and goatfish can all be found here. Schools of barracudas and jacks are also common with hammerheads seen on occasion.
Marine life:
Hammerheads, eagle rays, eels, barracudas, batfish, snappers, grunts, jacks

Description: Part of this wall is covered by hard corals while in other places it is easy to recognize its volcanic nature. Huge schools of hammerheads as well as other pelagic species are attracted to this site. Don't forget your woolen socks for this dive!
Marine life: Hammerheads, silkies, mantas, eagle rays, whale shark, tunas, jacks, eels

Description: This pinnacle has a tunnel that passes through it from a sandy bottom at 60 feet, almost reaching the surface on the opposite side. The walls of the tunnel are thoroughly covered in corals and sponges. The tunnel's interior, utterly full with many varieties of fish, creates a mystic atmosphere. Welcome to church!

Description: This is the biggest rock on the south side of Malpelo. There is a cave that passes through part of this pinnacle between 130 and 80 feet. From here, with good visibility, it is possible to see three seamounts whose shallower depths reach to 80 feet. A great school of innumerable bigeye jacks inhabit the exposed side of this rock, where one frequently encounters groups of hammerheads as well. Sometimes Galapagos sharks also visit this area.
Marine life: Hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, jacks, tunas, eagle rays, scorpionfish

Description: This is the north side of Virginia's Altar, located just under what looks like the huge face of a monster, which can be seen to be looking at Malpelo from the North. It is a perfectly vertical wall from where it is often possible to see huge schools of hammerhead sharks; brave enough to stare down the Monster.
Marine life: Hammerheads, tunas, silkies, eagle rays, jacks, scorpionfish, eels

Description: This side of the island is so packed-full of Creole fish, eels, sea bass, jacks and sea urchins that if you become distracted looking at a pacific manta or group of hammerheads, you can actually get lost!
Marine life: Hammerheads, silkies, tunas, mantas, eels, jacks, barracudas