Parcel das Ancoras

Parcel das Âncoras is a rock formation that leaves the west side of Laje de Santos at an angle of almost 90° toward the mainland. The anchors lost at the site belong to fishing boats that seek the shelter of the Laje on rough-sea days, and the top of the reef is known as cabeço das âncoras. Large groupers, passing schools, tube anemones (ceriantos) and tube-dwelling polychaete worms characterize the site. On calm-sea days there is a large aggregation of groupers and passing schools of fish such as spadefish (enxadas), jacks (xaréus) and barracudas (bicudas). On a dive reported in 2015, a group of eight huge groupers was seen at the reef, one of them a meter long.