Common moray eel
Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Common moray eel
The Common moray eel is generally dark brown in color, sometimes shaded with purple, and marbled with white and yellow. The head is short, massive, with a rounded profile. The teeth are long and pointed.
It can measure up to 1.50m.
The Mediterranean moray lives on overhangs, in crevices, on wrecks, and is found from the surface to a depth of 100 m. It is very territorial, hunts at night and remains hidden during the day.
Its skin is covered with mucus and deprived of scale which makes it slippery and enables it to snake among rocks. It opens and closes its mouth to breathe.
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Muraena helena
Macro
Mediterranean moray, Moray eel, Muraena helena
Food
Common moray eel is an ambush hunter, which means it remains in its burrow with its head at ground level waiting for prey to come near it. It feeds on octopus, squid, cuttlefish, fish, crustaceans and sometimes carrion. It has an acute sense of smell but is almost completely blind. It catches prey using its teeth.
Breeding
Mating takes place from July to September. Common moray eel is oviparous and lays eggs of 5 mm in diameter. The larvae drift with the current for a year. They then fall to the seabed where adult life begins.
Dive centers
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Scuba Activa
Balearic Islands
- San Telmo
   
Scuba Activa Dive Centre is located in San Telmo, on the island of Mallorca, Balearic Islands. Open from 9am to 6pm, the premises near Puerto de Andraitx, Camp de Mar and Paguera are closed on Mondays. Every day at 9am and 2pm, board the Scuba Activa boat, which has a capacity of 12 divers and reaches the sites in 5 to 10 minutes of navigation. Strategically located, Scuba Activa takes you to dive in the nature reserve of Dragonera Island, where you will find some of the most beautiful diving spots in Mallorca, although not very well known by divers.
There are over 20 dive sites including wrecks and caves, with crystal clear water, schools of barracudas, eagle rays, moray eels and octopus! Dolphins can accompany you on your boat trip all year round. Below the surface, beautiful underwater landscapes with interesting topographies are spread out before your eyes. Non-diving guests can enjoy swimming, snorkelling and sunbathing on the deck of the boat during the dive.
The Scuba Activa training centre also offers PADI and CMAS courses from Scuba Diver to Rescue Diver. Specialising in children from 8 years old, the diving courses are adapted to learn while having fun with equipment for small bodies. It is preferable to book places on the boat in advance. During the season, every Wednesday, a night dive is scheduled.
You can also try a fun experience here, diving to a depth of 8.5 metres in the Palma aquarium with sharks and rays. Your family and friends can follow the divers' progress through the aquarium's windows. After the dive, the visit continues with the indoor and outdoor areas of the aquarium. You must present your logbook and diving passport and parental permission is required for minors. [+]
- Protected Marine Park
- fast boat
- Between 20 and 30 dive sites
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Mantamaria Dive Center
Azores
- Vila do Porto
  
The Mantamaria diving school is located in the marina of Vila do Porto, along the mooring pontoon, on Santa Maria Island, Azores. The transport of divers and equipment is done with one of the 2 vans of Mantamaria. In the morning, board one of the 3 dive boats, the Tornado, a semi-rigid boat of 7.10 m long, the Badejo of 8 m, or the Rilusa of 7.10 m to the most beautiful spot of the Azores, the Fomigas which is a natural reserve or the Dollabarat bank.
Mantamaria Dive Center favors these trips to Formigas and Dollabarat, northeast of Santa Maria, because some divers praise this Santa Maria dive site as one of the best dive sites in Europe. You will see large manta rays underwater and whale sharks, locally called pintado, on the surface. Admire also the coastline of Santa Maria by snorkeling from the boat of Mantamaria with very nice views on bays, coves, and inlets at the bottom of which nestle beaches of clear sand unique to the Azores.
The bay of São Lourenço, Praia Formosa, and beautiful quiet bays like natural pools allow you to follow a PADI beginner's course at the Mantamaria diving school such as a baptism, a scuba diver, or an open water diver. In Santa Maria, you can enjoy crystal clear water and visibility up to 40 meters. The ideal time to dive in this area is from June to September, as the air and water temperatures vary between 26 and 22ºC and there is only light rainfall. [+]
- fast boat
- Popular dive sites
- Near Downtown area
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Scuba Ibiza Diving Center
Balearic Islands
- Ibiza
   
The Scuba Ibiza Diving Center is located in the Marina Botafoch, 30 meters from its boats, in the port area of Ibiza town. It is open all year round, from 9 a to 1 p and from 3 p to 6.30 p and closed on Sundays. There is a large terrace in the shade with washing and rinsing facilities for equipment, a corner for theory lessons and a platform for preparing equipment. A changing room with hot water showers and 30 individual lockers to store your belongings provide comfort, even in winter. The premises also include a maintenance workshop, an air and nitrox inflation room and storage for 40 complete rental diving equipment, projectors, cameras and dive computers. You can also store your own equipment. The shop offers a wide range of diving equipment.
The Scuba Ibiza Diving Center is a PADI CDC training center, which means that it specializes in PADI courses from beginner to instructor, which take place in a classroom where the theory is presented. Embark on board of semi-rigid boats specially equipped for diving such as the Longimanus Dos of 12 meters long, with a capacity of 12 divers, two ladders, a protective cover to protect from the sun and... a speed of up to 25 knots! It takes between 5 and 60 minutes to navigate to the best spots in Ibiza. All dives are guided with groups of 5 to 6 people maximum. Briefings detailing the topographical features of each dive are given in several languages depending on the nationality of the divers present.
Experienced divers dive alone with their buddies according to their qualifications. At the end of the dive, assistance is provided to those who wish to de-equip on board the boat. Guests do not carry any equipment. Transfers for divers, snorkelers and accompanying persons are free of charge from the hotels in Ibiza, Playa den Bossa, San Antonio and Santa Eulalia. [+]
- Free hotels transfer
- No equipment carrying
- Free Nitrox
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Bormes Plongee SARL
France
- Bormes Les Mimosas

Bormes Plongée is based in Bormes Les Mimosas, in the south-east of France, on the port of La Favière near a large free car park. The marina of Bormes Les Mimosas is located opposite the Hyères Islands and the Port-Cros National Park. Direct and quick access to the best Var dive sites in the Mediterranean sea. Many wreck sites spreading out from Porquerolles to Saint-Tropez for spectacular dives but also for their historical interest. They are artificial reefs, a real heaven for marine life. Profusion of life and colors on these sites. The most famous wrecks in the area ? The Donator, the Togo and the Rubis. Their reputation go beyond French borders. Divers come from all over Europe to visit them. The Port-Cros National Park, the first marine national park in Europe, was created in December 1963. It covers 700 ha of terrestrial area and 1300 ha at sea, including the islets of Bagaud, Rascas and Gabinière. A true microcosm with a large number of terrestrial and marine species, characteristic of the western Mediterranean sea. A wide variety of underwater topography with rocks, dry, long rocky ridges and drop-offs tumbling down to 60 m with steep descents like ski slopes or pierced walls like Gruyère cheese, mass housing for Lobsters. A beautiful playground is offered to divers of all levels. Sit down at the terrace of a little restaurant, in the pretty medieval village of Bormes Les Mimosas. [+]
- Near Downtown area
- Located close to the dive sites
- No equipment carrying
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NTR Dive
France
- Cavalaire

NTR DIVE, directed by Raphaël Rousselle, is a diving school specialized in Nitrox, Trimix, Rebreather diving.
It is a concept of itinerant Tek diving school, that is to say that you can choose the places of your explorations and your trainings among the list of the partner centers: CIP Nice, Subvision in Golfe Juan, CIP Fréjus, Club Sous L'eau in Saint-Raphaël, Easy Dive in Cannes and Juan les Pins, la Rague plongée in Mandelieu la Napoule, H20 Sainte-Maxime, Tiki Dive in Cavalaire, Eau Bleue in Cavalaire, Be Free to dive in Villeneuve Loubet, le Gîte de plongée du Gapeau, Saint P'hyères Plongée in. .. Hyères.
NTR DIVE offers you a tailor-made service of training and exploration dedicated to Tek, Nitrox and Trimix diving, in open circuit and rebreather.
The services also include the sale, rental, and maintenance of top-of-the-range equipment.
This school offers you its training courses with certifications from the different organizations IANTD and FFESSM/CMAS. Raphy is an approved technician of the biggest brands of teak equipment and shares his expertise with you as an official dealer of rEvo and AP diving rebreathers. [+]
- Tek training abroad
- Lake diving
- Tek travel
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