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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
Sighting likelihood by month
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Rare year-round; occasional reports from sheltered shallow reef and seagrass at Xatt l-Ahmar and Mgarr ix-Xini.