Location

Access to location

Not known

Country

Mexico

Information about the site

This site can easily be split into three separate dives. Its profile becomes larger and more convoluted the further North you travel. As in any exposed area, the Southernmost section is low-lying and scoured by currents. The middle section has some very large tunnels which completely cut through the reef crest, and the most northerly section has tunnels, caves, overhangs and under-hangs and some sections of wall becoming so steep they are near-vertical. On the steeper slopes there are numerous rope sponges. File clams can be seen in the recesses, their orange or white tentacles waving in the current. Many species of hermit crab can be found and there appear to be thousands of tiny gobies and blennies flitting in bursts over the corals and sponges. Barracuda and large specimens of the back grouper which shelter under the overhangs above the reef crest, can always be observed here. Stoplight parrot fish seem to blend into the multi-coloured reef. Only when you use an underwater torch does true beauty of the reef reveal itself. One of the most distinctive of the small reef fish is the fairy basslet. The front half of its body is a brilliant violet-to-purple and its rear is a deep yellow/gold. These fish are instantly recognizable, but very hard to photograph because of their constant motion

Conditions around the site

strong to intermediate currents

Maximum depth

30

Surface conditions

Small waves,Small waves and selldom harsh conditions at surface

Number of logged dives

2