Octopus

Facts

• The Caribbean reef octopus is the typical reef species: bright green and blue with red-brown specks, and it can change color to blend in.^[1]
• It lives in shallow water, about 10 to 65 feet deep, and hunts at night. By day it stays in a dark den it defends.^[1]
• Eats mainly spiny lobster, plus crabs, shrimp and small fish. It lives about a year.^[1]

Where it's been reported (11)

From the sources on each dive site's page. Sightings are never guaranteed.

• Crash Boat · Aguadilla & Northwest“octopus” (Crashboat Watersports (Aguadilla))
• Cayo Diablo · Fajardo & La Cordillera“green moray eels, barracudas, octopuses, occasional manatees” (Frommer's)
• Las Cabezas de San Juan (shore) · Fajardo & La Cordillera“colorful reef fish, rays, octopus” (Pirate Snorkeling Shack (Fajardo))
• Efra's Wall · Guánica & La Parguera“spiny lobster, common octopus, flamingo tongue, arrow crabs — 2015-2017” (Puerto Rico DRNA / NOAA CRCP)
• Yellow Reef · Isla Desecheo“octopus” (Aquatica Underwater Adventures)
• Playa Pelícano (Caja de Muertos) · Ponce & South Coast“corals, crabs, squid, trunkfish (chapín), octopus” (Primera Hora)
• Figure Eight · San Juan & North Coast“octopus” (Caribe Aquatic Adventures)
• Horseshoe Reef · San Juan & North Coast“octopus” (Caribe Aquatic Adventures)
• Monkey Reef · Southeast Coast“sergeant majors, lobster, octopus, pufferfish” (Maragata Charters (Palmas del Mar, Humacao))
• Mosquito Pier · Vieques“octopus” (Black Beard Sports)
• Punta Arenas (Green Beach) · Vieques“sergeant majors, lobster, octopus, pufferfish, sea turtles, stingray, eagle ray” (Maragata Charters (Palmas del Mar, Humacao))