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Great barracuda

Swimming, Snorkeling and Diving to See and Observe the Great barracuda

The great barracuda is found in all oceans and seas in tropical environments, except for the Eastern Pacific. It swims at speeds of 40 km/h when on a hunt or when it feels threatened. The barracuda is a day hunter. It has a developed sight, which can spot prey within 100 m. It can live for 15 years. The great barracuda can reach a length of 2 m and a weight of 40 kg. The barracuda is recognizable by its elongated shape, a silver-grey body with black stripes. It may seem impressive due to a very apparent dentition, but it does not represent any danger for the diver! When they reach adulthood, they become solitary and live a solitary life in open waters. They can migrate over several hundred miles.

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Barracuda, Bécune, Brochet de mer, Great barracuda, Commerson's sea pike, Sphyraena barracuda

Food

It's a carnivorous predator that feeds on fish and cephalopods. It's an ambush hunter. It dwells in coral reefs, estuaries, lagoons or in harbors, between 10 and 25 m deep and hunts during the day instead.

Breeding

The Great barracuda reaches sexual maturity at two to five years depending whether it is a male or a female. Common specimens are 60 cm long. It belongs to the oviparous species. Females secrete around a hundred eggs at each parturition. Males fertilize them as soon as they are secreted. The eggs hatch after forty days. The larvae develop and migrate with the currents. They do not have teeth at birth, they only appear around the fourth month, then they become independent. The larvae are pelagic and gather in shoals. They hide in the mangroves. Then, around the age of three, they reach a length of 30 cm and return to the open sea.


Dive centers

 

Pirates Point Dive Resort
Cayman  - Little Cayman
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Pirates Point Dive Resort is located south of Little Cayman Island, not far from South Town. It is a comfortable end of the world with its white sandy beaches. Very nice rooms with old-fashioned charm, gastronomic restaurant (tasty cuisine), bar and swimming pool, dive shop. Of course, a laptop is available with free Wifi. Conviviality without pretension. Very nice atmosphere. Ideal to relax. All inclusive packages for divers and non-divers, with family housing. Snorkeling in front of the hotel. The non-diving companions also have a good time. Swimming, hiking, bike rides, picnics. About 2000 rock iguanas live on the island ! Bird watching from a platform in the Booby Pond Nature Reserve. Red-footed Booby and frigates. Bloody Bay Wall is a very popular place to dive. Drop-off from 6 m deep to 2000 m. Abundant marine life. Lush coral gardens, giant sponges, black coral trees, sea fans. Eagle Rays. About fifty available dive sites. Staff offering training, for all-level divers, from private lessons to collective 8 divers classes. Spacious and well equipped 42-feet long diving boat, fit for up to 20 divers and their equipment. No time limit for the 2 dives of the day. You safely take the time to observe the fish behavior. The guides look for unusual species to show their customers. Night dive from the beach in small groups of 3 to 6 people. Take a boat to Owen's Island, a small isolated island off the coast for picnicking and snorkeling. [+]

  • Accomodations
  • Functional boat
  • Located close to the dive sites
From 1731,58 €

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Dolphin Dive School
Indonesia  - Senggigi
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Dolphin Dive School is located in Senggigi, the tourist heart of Lombok Island, Indonesia. Rental of recent equipment. Multilingual local guides and instructors. Dolphin Dive School offers a wide range of PADI diving courses, from beginners to dive instructors, as well as daily dive trips and night dives. Excursion for snorkeling on the best sites of Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Meno Islands as well as in Senggigi on Lombok. Possibility to have the photo of your underwater performance. Here, prices are not too expensive. Dolphin Dive School helps guests who wish to organize their stay in Lombok and Gili, from low-rates to luxury hotels. Almost all of them are in great locations with beautiful landscapes with steep cliffs, coves and protected bays on the edge of sparkling blue lagoons. You can stay in villas set in lush tropical gardens, surrounded by coconut plantations. Book in advance, in high season, from June to August and at the end of the year until January 15th, whether for accommodation and dives. As diving in the Gili Islands and Lombok is for those whose deserve it ! [+]

  • Diving around Islands
  • Popular dive sites
  • Functional boat
From 19,28 €

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NTR Dive
France  - Cavalaire
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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
From 12,00 €

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Red Sea Diving Safari Marsa Nakari Village
Egypt  - Marsa Nakari
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Red Sea Diving Safari Marsa Nakari Village is located 18 km south of Marsa Alam, Egypt on the Red Sea. It is established on a historical site dating back to Roman times, known to the ancients as the port of Nechesia. Remains can still be seen at the top of a hill at the southern end of the bay. Currently, the Marsa Nakari dive resort has been established in this bay where the House reef is located. You can rent royal tents, huts, tents, deluxe and standard chalets with the dive center, cafeteria, and massage center on-site. The main attraction of the dive resort is its proximity to the Samadai Marine Park (Dolphin House). Sedentary longirostris dolphins stay in the lagoon under the shelter of a large half-moon-shaped reef. Diving and snorkeling are possible. There is one boat trip per day to the reef with an extra charge if you have previously purchased an unlimited diving package on the House Reef. Boat trips are also organized to the marine park of Wadi el Gemal which is composed of rocky islets full of birds and well-preserved reefs with many turtles. Many other excursions to discover special marine life or other dive sites are available! It is also possible to follow PADI and TDI training courses for adults and children, from Open Water to Divemaster levels. Transfers to and from the airports of Hurghada (291 km/4 hours) and Marsa Alam (78 km/1 hour) are organized by Red Sea Diving Safari as well as to the 2 other villages Marsa Shagra and Wadi Lahami. [+]

  • Distance to House Reef 30 to 50 m
  • Accomodations and diving
  • Shore diving
From 29,00 €

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H2O Sainte Maxime
France  - Sainte Maxime
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The H20 Saint Maxime diving center is located at the beginning of the Léon Condroyer quay, at the entrance of a mini shopping mall, 60 m from the harbor master's office, on the Môle, in the port of Sainte Maxime. Divers meet at the center at 9 am and 2.30 pm every day from 1 April to 30 November. The rest of the year, groups are welcome from December 1st to March 30th by appointment. Individual divers are welcome on Saturdays and Sundays. Franck welcomes you in his shop with the biggest diving brands and equipment to buy or rent. Less than 50 m from the premises, you can board one of the two diving and snorkeling boats, La Piguette and Le Cyclone, with a shower on board, for a trip of about 2h30. The H20 Sainte Maxime diving school offers training courses with FFESSM, ANPM, PADI, and SSI certifications, which are given by qualified instructors. You have access to the best diving sites of Saint-Tropez and Cavalaire on one side, and to the diving spots of Issambres on the other. You have a beautiful playground with the most beautiful wrecks in the Mediterranean, including the Aritay at 30 m, the Relax at 35 m, and the Rubis at 45 m. About forty very varied diving sites, adapted to all levels, are spread out in this area. Ask for photos and videos of your dives, as a souvenir of those good times. Don't forget your USB stick! Non-divers can walk around the center of Sainte Maxime. A special rate is granted to them if they go by boat with fins, masks, and snorkels. The H2O Sainte Maxime club is also ideal for stays without a vehicle, by staying at the Hotel des Palmiers, located 100 m away, or the Univac holiday center, which is very suitable for groups. [+]

  • Near Downtown area
  • Different diving area
  • Carry Less Equipment
From 45,00 €

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Where to see, swim, and dive with Great barracuda ?

Bahamas - Abacos Bahamas - AndrosBahamas - BiminiBahamas - Cat IslandBahamas - ExumasBahamas - Grand BahamaBahamas - Long IslandBahamas - New Providence Belize - Ambergris CayeBelize - Cay CaulkerBelize - PlacenciaBelize - Ray Caye, Hatchet Caye Belize - Turneffe, Lighthouse, Glover's ReefBonaire -  KralendijkCanary Islands - LanzaroteCayman - Little Cayman Colombia - Providencia IslandColombia - San Andrés IslandDominica - PortsmouthEgypt - El Quseir, Red SeaEgypt - Hamata, Red SeaEgypt - Marsa Alam, Red SeaFiji - Taveuni IslandFiji - Vanua Levu IslandFrance - Bandol, Sanary,-sur-Mer, Six-Four-les-Plages,ToulonFrance - Cerbère and BanyulsFrance - Fréjus and Saint-RaphaëlFrance - La Ciotat, Saint Cyr-les-Lecques France - MarseilleFrance - Sainte-MaximeFrance - Saint-TropezFrance - Théoule-Sur-MerGuadeloupe - Basse-Terre, Bourg du Vieux-PortGuadeloupe - BouillanteGuadeloupe - DeshaiesGuadeloupe - Marie-Galante IslandGuadeloupe - Pointe-à-Pitre, Le Gosier, Baie-MahaultGuadeloupe - Port-LouisGuadeloupe - Saint FrançoisGuadeloupe - the Saintes IslandsIndonesia - Labuan Bajo, Komodo Islands, FloresIndonesia - Lombok IslandIndonesia - Nusa Lembongan, BaliItaly - Europe's largest Marine Park, in MarettimoItaly - the Marine Park of Naples, Area Kingdom of NeptuneItaly - the Marine Park of Naples, the Parco Sommerso di Gaiola Malta - Malta, Gozo and CominoMartinique - Carbet, Saint-Pierre, Le PrêcheurMartinique - Diamant, Sainte-Luce, Le MarinMartinique - Sainte-AnneMartinique - Trois Ilets, Anses d'Arlet, DiamantMexico - Cabo San LucasMexico - MahahualMexico - Puerto MorelosMexico - VeracruzPolynesia - HuahinePolynesia - MoreaPolynesia - Raiatea and Taha'a IslandsPolynesia - RangiroaPolynesia - TahitiPolynesia - TetiaoraPolynesia - TikehauSardinia - CannigioneSardinia - Loiri Porto San PaoloSardinia - PalauSardinia - the National Park of the Maddalena ArchipelagoSicily - MarettimoSicily - Ustica IslandSouth Africa - Shelly Beach and RamsgateSpain - L'Estartit, Costa BravaSt. Maarten  - Sint Maarten Island, in the CaribbeanThailand - Koh LantaThailand - Koh Phi PhiThailand - Koh TaoThailand - Phuket

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Bahamas - Abaco Islands
Bahamas - Andros Island
Bahamas - Bimini island
Bahamas - Cat Island
Bahamas - Exumas Islands
Bahamas - Grand Bahama
Bahamas - Long Island
Bahamas - Nassau;New Providence
Belize - l'île Ambergris Caye - San Pedro
Belize - Belize City
Belize - Placencia, Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve
Belize - Stann Creek
Bonaire - Kralendijk
Canary Islands - Lanzarote
Cayman - Little Cayman
Colombia - Providencia Island
Colombia - San Andrés Island
Dominica - Portsmouth
Egypt - Qoseir
Egypt - Hamata
Egypt - Marsa Alam
Fiji - Taveuni
Fiji - Vanua Levu
France - Var
France - Languedoc Roussillon
France - Bouches du Rhone
France - Alpes Maritimes
Guadeloupe - Basse Terre
Guadeloupe - Bouillante
Guadeloupe - Deshaies
Guadeloupe - Marie-Galante
Guadeloupe - Le Gosier
Guadeloupe - Port-Louis
Guadeloupe - Saint-François
Guadeloupe - Les Saintes
Indonesia - Komodo.
Indonesia - Lombok.
Indonesia - Nusa Lembongan.
Italy - Marettimo
Italy - Naples
Malta - Malte
Martinique - Saint-Pierre
Martinique - Le Diamant
Martinique - Sainte-Anne
Martinique - Les 3 Ilets
Mexico - Cabo San Lucas
Mexico - Mahahual
Mexico - Puerto Morelos
Mexico - Veracruz
Polynesia - Huahine
Polynesia - Rangiroa
Polynesia - Tetiaora
Polynesia - Tikehau
Sardinia - Cannigione
Sardinia - Loiri Porto San Paolo
Sardinia - Palau
Sicily - Marettimo
Sicily - Ustica
South Africa - Shelly Beach
Spain - L'Estartit
St. Maarten - Saint Martin
Thailand - Koh Lanta
Thailand - Phi Phi Island
Thailand - Koh Tao
Thailand - Phuket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesia - Moorea
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesia - Raiatea
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesia - Tahiti
 
 
 
 
 
 
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