Queen triggerfish
Swimming, Snorkeling and Diving to See and Observe the Queen triggerfish
The name Baliste comes from the name of an ancient war machine, the catapult, which was used to launch projectiles, certainly in reference to its first backbone that rises up when the ballista feels threatened!
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Balistes vetula
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Food
The Queen triggerfish feasts on sea urchins (Diadema antillarum), which he turns over by pulling them by the quills and blowing water on them to remove the sand. He thus exposes the softer oral part of the sea urchin with shorter spines. He also scrapes off the small algae found on the shells of crustaceans.
Breeding
The reproduction of the Royal Ballet takes place throughout the year but is most marked towards the end of the year in the Caribbean. The male digs a bowl-shaped nest in the sand. The female releases the eggs into these nests and the eggs are fertilized immediately. The male then aggressively defends the eggs against predators.
Dive centers
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Mundo Submarino
Mexico
- Veracruz

Mundo Submarino is located in Veracruz, Mexico. It's opened Monday to Friday from 9 am to 7 pm, Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm and Sunday from 8 am to 3 pm. On-site, you will find a shop with rental and sale of equipment, filling station. You can rent brand new and quality dive gear to enjoy diving comfortably and safely. The modern boat has a capacity of 12 pax with jumps sheltering from the rain and sun and gets quickly to the dive sites. Drinks and snacks on board are offered during the surface interval between the 2 dives. The supervision is made by qualified instructors and guides. They offer exploratory dives, snorkeling, and freediving, day and night. It's possible to dive with nitrox. The diving courses taught at Mundo Submarino are based on the educational system developed by the recreational diving agencies PADI, NAUI, CMAS and SSI, all regulated by the RSTC, an advice agency that certifies and establishes recreational diving standards worldwide. You will find training from Discover Scuba Diver to Master Scuba Diver. [+]
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Yucatek Divers
Mexico
- Playa del Carmen
   
Yucatek Divers is located in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, south of Cancun, about 45 minutes by car, within the grounds of the Casa Tucan Hotel. There is the office, equipment and swimming pool. You will find a family atmosphere. It's open from 8 am to 5 pm. The multilingual instructors will provide your dive training in your language. We are looking for a certain quality of diving here with a maximum of 6 divers per boat. The destination is perfect for divers of all levels. Every day, Yucatek Divers takes you to explore the Mexican Maya Riviera, the longest coral reef in the Western Hemisphere. On request, trips in the jungle are organized to access the cenotes, the famous network of caves and underground caves of world renown.
It is also possible to go to the island of Cozumel, visible eastwards from Playa beach, 45 minutes by ferry. From June to September, Yucatek Divers also organizes a trip to encounter the whale shark, the world's largest fish, when they pass off Holbox Island, a 3-hour drive north of Playa del Carmen, at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. The excursion starts at 4 am in the morning with a departure by comfortable minibus to reach the fishing village of Chiquila, then you board a ferry to Holbox Island with a 1-hour trip to be on site. You can even encounter Dolphins. On the way back, we can see the pink flamingos in Punta Mosquito. Lunch is provided in Holbox before heading back to Playa del Carmen. Apart from diving trips, the program includes: relaxing along white sandy beaches, swimming in the warm waters of the Caribbean, meeting people, enjoying Mexican cuisine, dancing Salsa late at night, visiting an ecological park... [+]
- Bulldog shark Watching
- Accomodations and diving
- Different diving area
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Scuba Team Cabo Verde
Cape Verde
- Santa Maria
   
The Scuba Team Cabo Verde diving school is located on the island of Sal, in the Cape Verde archipelago, about 50 meters from the Morabeza Hotel. Imagine yourself on a fine sandy beach, in the middle of dunes and in front of a sparkling sea, about 100 m from the center of the town of Santa Maria, next to the old port! The first dive of the morning starts at 8.30 am with a boat departure at 9 am. On request, another trip can be scheduled at 10:30. In the afternoon, the boat leaves at 2.30 pm.
This is said to be the oldest diving center on the island. The guides and instructors teach in French, Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, and, of course, Creole.
This CMAS, PADI, ANMP, FFESSM, and FPAS training center offers courses for beginners with the Discover Scuba Diver course up to the advanced Divemaster course. Divers are allocated to different boats according to their experience and level. The equipment rented is up to standard, recent, regularly renewed, and revised every year. All dives are guided by an instructor or a divemaster. The chosen sites are planned in detail each day according to the level of the divers, the weather conditions, the state of the sea, respecting the experiences and preferences of each diver.
During your diving holidays in Cape Verde, you will be surprised by the biodiversity with a real mix of Atlantic, Mediterranean, and tropical fauna. A diving holiday in Cape Verde will not be enough to see the 60 species of endemic fish ranging from manta rays to nudibranchs! In Cape Verde, turtles and sharks are at the top of the list of protected species. From your Scuba Team Cabo Verde dive club, you can access 19 different dive sites, ranging from 11 to 45 meters deep, with plateaus, drop offs, wrecks and caves, in 5 to 30 minutes. [+]
- Accomodations and diving
- Near Downtown area
- fast boat
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Haliotis Santa Maria
Azores
- Vila Do Porto
    
The Haliotis diving center is located in the Colombo Hotel, on Santa Maria Island, Azores. The infrastructure can accommodate 60 people, with changing rooms, hot water showers with towels, two classrooms for courses from beginner to advanced level, a technical room with 50 pieces of equipment at the disposal of customers, a store selling branded equipment. There is even a place for divers to relax before and after their dives, to chat and have a drink.
The Haliotis diving school offers PADI training courses from the Bubblemaker for children to the Discover Scuba Diver course. And of course, Haliotis Santa Maria also prepares you for many PADI specialties including the AWARE Shark Conservation Specialty Course. Embark on one of the two RIB boats, Mobula or Rhincodon, which will quickly take you to the best dive sites in the Azores including Formigas and Dollabarat.
However, Haliotis Santa Maria also has a large playground for its divers with 55 dive spots consisting of caves, canyons, drop-offs and reefs. Even close to the coast, you will have beautiful encounters with oceanic species such as manta rays, quite common in some places. Sometimes you can even see them from the surface as they swim by at a depth of 50 meters. The Mobula tarapacana has a nice triangular body shape with a wingspan up to 3.5 meters wide, with a spineless tail. And it has become the mascot animal of Haliotis in Santa Maria! [+]
- Nitrox
- Accomodations and diving
- fast boat
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Eco Tours Adventure
Mexico
- Playa del Carmen

co Tours Adventure is located in Playa del Carmen, along the Caribbean coast. Specializing in organizing great snorkeling trips, this diving center offers excursions ideal for bringing family and friends together for great encounters at sea. From the end of May to mid-September, take a day trip to swim with whale sharks. All year round, take a half-day boat trip to swim in cenotes in the heart of the jungle on the Mayan Riviera and watch turtles at sea.
From June to September, meet in the evening, in the moonlight, on the large beaches of Quintana Roo to surprise the turtles laying or hatching eggs with baby turtles reaching the sea. Indeed, loggerhead and green turtles come to nest on the Mexican beaches. You will experience a very moving moment during these observation evenings.
All year round, go on sea trips to Isla Mujeres, a small island 7 km long and 650 meters wide, 13 km from the coast, off the coast of Cancun. As it is a mixing zone between the waters of the Caribbean Sea and those of the Gulf of Mexico, you will discover beautiful coral reefs, overflown by many species of seabirds. Think of this trip as an "off-road" of the classic tourist itineraries.
All year-round, you can also take a trip northwest of Cancún to Holbox Paradise, a 42 km long area separated from the coast by a shallow lagoon. It is a beautiful area with thousands of flamingos and pelicans. Also, all year round you can access a small island 9 km long and 500 meters wide, sheltered by the Parque Nacional Isla Contoy and located about 30 km north of Isla Mujeres. Day trip with mako sharks possible. [+]
- Whale Shark Watching
- Mako Shark Watching
- Bulldog shark Watching
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