Conger Eel
The Heaviest of all Eels
The conger eel, also known as the European conger, is distributed throughout the eastern Atlantic Ocean and is particularly present in the Mediterranean Sea. These robust eels are the heaviest marine eel species within the Congridae family and a favorite sighting amongst European divers, growing up to 3m (9.8 ft) in length and 72 kg (159 lb) in weight!
Divers have the greatest chance of diving with conger eels amongst the rocky reefs of the Mediterranean. Congers prefer to hide during the day in the holes and cracks of the reef. Keep your eyes peeled as they are well camouflaged due to their greyish-black coloration. These nocturnal hunters come out at night to hunt smaller fish, crustaceans, squid, and octopuses. To find where you can dive with conger eels, explore the dive site map below.
Popular dive sites
Hortense Cap Ferret
34 Logged dives • 43 Sightings Artificial riprap at Cap Ferret, where you’ll find a sunken blockhouse, shipwrecks, a stone dolphin, a Venus etc...France
Le Chariot
30 Logged dives • 20 Sightings Le Chariot à Arcachon is an emblematic dive site in the Arcachon basin. Accessible to intermediate to advanced divers, it is home to a submerged former sand dredger.France
Bracklesham Bay Valentine Tank
11 Logged dives • 7 Sightings A Mark 3 type IX Valentine Duplex Drive tank lost during exercise Fabius III in Bracklesham Bay in May 1944. Sits upright in 12m on the edge of a sandbar.United Kingdom
Pecio Maracaibo
22 Logged dives • 11 Sightings Ship whreck. It is your wooden fishing boat. It is very destroyed, it keeps the bathtub in poor condition, the wheelhouse and even the propeller. We recommend not touching the bottom as it is mud from the mussels from the nearby rafts.Spain
