Franciscus

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What you'll see (21)

Guinean GruntParapristipoma humileseen 7× near here

Eastern Atlantic TrumpetfishAulostomus strigosusseen 6× near here

Antipathella wollastoniseen 5× near here

Papillose FlounderSyacium guineenseseen 5× near here

Honeycomb MorayMuraena melanotisseen 4× near here

Slate Pencil UrchinEucidaris tribuloidesseen 4× near here

Longspined PorcupinefishDiodon holocanthusseen 4× near here

Scrawled FilefishAluterus scriptusseen 4× near here

Blackbar SoldierfishMyripristis jacobusseen 4× near here

Spotted Snake EelOphichthus ophisseen 4× near here

Cape Verde GregoryStegastes imbricatusseen 4× near here

African PompanoAlectis ciliarisseen 4× near here

Guinean PufferSphoeroides marmoratusseen 4× near here

Flabellina lleraeseen 4× near here

Achelous hastatusseen 4× near here

spotted seahareAplysia dactylomelaseen 3× near here

Spotted PorcupinefishDiodon hystrixseen 3× near here

Night SergeantAbudefduf taurusseen 3× near here

Rock-pool BlennyParablennius parvicornisseen 3× near here

Two-banded SeabreamDiplodus prayensisseen 3× near here

Purplemouth MorayGymnothorax vicinusseen 3× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

13,965km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 3 dive sites within 25km.

When people dive it

Busiest Oct · almost nobody dives it Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Nov, Dec.

From 380 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

Dive Crew is a dive group from Singapore. Members plan trips here, log their dives, and share their photos of each site.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

13,965km from Singapore, and outside the part of the world this app knows the gateways for — the list covers the diving the crew actually does. Rather than invent a flight, here is the site on a map.

📍 Franciscus on Google Maps

Details

Max depth: 21 m
Entry: boat
Type: Franciscus
Island: Santiago
Country: Cape Verde
Marks: 15°16.518'N 23°45.582'W
Position: 15.2753, -23.7597

Where it is

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Nearby

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.