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Puerto Plata and Sosúa Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Puerto Plata and Sosúa

Protected bay diving, quick logistics, and one of the easiest mixed water-and-surface trips in the Dominican Republic

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Wildlife In Puerto Plata and Sosúa

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Puerto Plata and Sosúa.

a fish that is swimming in some water

saltwater-fishes

Angelfish

4 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

saltwater-fishes

Snapper

4 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

saltwater-fishes

Grouper/Basslets

3 linked spots

gray snake photography

Moray Eel

3 linked spots

gray shark in body of water

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

3 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

3 linked spots

a fish swimming in water

saltwater-fishes

Parrotfish

3 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

saltwater-fishes

Barracuda

2 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

2 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

2 linked spots

Photo of Sweetlips and Grunts

saltwater-fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

2 linked spots

Photo of Wrasse

saltwater-fishes

Wrasse

2 linked spots

A fish that is sitting in the sand

saltwater-fishes

Butterfly Fish

1 linked spots

Photo of Common Seahorse

seahorses-and-pipefishes

Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda

1 linked spots

crab on rock

Crab

1 linked spots

a blue and yellow fish on a coral reef

saltwater-fishes

Damselfish

1 linked spots

a close up of a sea anemone on the ocean floor

saltwater-fishes

Frogfish

1 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

1 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

1 linked spots

Humpback Whale underwater shot

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

1 linked spots

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) near Gilli Banta Island (near Komodo, Indonesia)

saltwater-fishes

Lionfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Snake Eel

saltwater-fishes

Snake Eel

Ophichthidae

1 linked spots

Photo of Squid

Squid

1 linked spots

Photo of Trumpetfish

saltwater-fishes

Trumpetfish

1 linked spots

a whale swimming in the ocean with a lot of fish around it

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

1 linked spots