Bavaro
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Bavaro shares the country’s largest reef system with Punta Cana and is home to great dive sites full of coral gardens and underwater passageways.
You’ll see typical Caribbean life like nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrot fish, and grouper.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
16 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
5
A
5
M
0
J
0
J
2
A
1
S
0
O
3
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
6 Sightings
J
0
F
2
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
1
S
1
O
2
N
0
D
0
iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
4 Sightings
J
1
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
0
S
2
O
0
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
3 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
2
S
0
O
1
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
25 Sightings
J
0
F
4
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
2
S
3
O
2
N
12
D
2
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
15 Sightings
J
2
F
2
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
1
S
1
O
4
N
0
D
4
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 2
AdobeStock-hakbak
Nurse Shark
12 Sightings
J
1
F
0
M
3
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
6
D
1
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
10 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
3
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
1
S
1
O
2
N
0
D
2
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
8 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
4
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
8 Sightings
J
2
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
1
N
4
D
1
