user picture
  • Nº95 # Date: 2014-07-07 - 12:35
  • # Max Depth: 8.5m Duration: 61mins
Diver's Notes

interesting sceneries but little marine life
Fairly shallow - seems to be the local destination for first dives
Museum - checked but not awed

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Computer: Mares - Nemo Excel
  • Weights: 4 kg
Dive reviews
Overall review
Dive difficulty
Marine life quality
Big fish
Recent Divers in Cancun
Recent Pictures in Cancun
Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Solo Buceo/Only Diving confirmed the dive with parameters: 8.5m / 61mins
#

Link to this spot:

  • Spot:
  • Country:
  • Area:
  • Body of water:

Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     170 → 58 bar
  •  
  • Average depth: 7.1m
Data provided by EOL.org

Species Identified

Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
Read More
Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grey angelfish) Common in coral reefs, usually solitary, occasionally in pairs. Juveniles are part-time cleaners. Feed mainly on sponges, but also takes tunicates, algae, zoantharians, gorgonians, hydroids, bryozoans, and seagrasses. O...
Read More
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
Read More
Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 (honeycomb cowfish) Occurs in clear water around coral reefs. Feeds on sponges, alcyonarians, tunicates, and shrimp. Uncommon and wary . Consumed fresh, generally roasted .
Carangoides (island jacks)
Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)

Share on Social Networks

  • Facebook:

    personalize your shared text as well as its destination (wall, page...) or send as a private message to a friend

  • Twitter: personalize your tweet
  • Google Plus: +1 and add a comment

#
#
Close

Species

(...)

Add
Comments

(...)

Add
Loading

Loading...

What's up on Diveboard