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Best places to dive with Short-snouted seahorse
Hippocampus hippocampus
A genuinely scarce find in Malta, clinging to seagrass and algae in sheltered shallows. Reported occasionally at sites like Xatt l-Ahmar reef and Mgarr ix-Xini, but never a reliable sighting.
Destinations ranked by how reliably short-snouted seahorse is seen. The bars show the likelihood by month — never a guarantee. See the full species page for more.
Malta & Gozo, Malta
| Month | Likelihood |
|---|---|
| January | rare |
| February | rare |
| March | rare |
| April | rare |
| May | rare |
| June | rare |
| July | rare |
| August | rare |
| September | rare |
| October | rare |
| November | rare |
| December | rare |
Rare year-round; occasional reports from sheltered shallow reef and seagrass at Xatt l-Ahmar and Mgarr ix-Xini.