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
18 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
6
A
5
M
0
J
0
J
2
A
2
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 approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
7 Sightings
J
0
F
2
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
2
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 approx.: 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 approx.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
29 Sightings
J
0
F
4
M
0
A
0
M
2
J
0
J
0
A
4
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 approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
18 Sightings
J
2
F
2
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
2
S
1
O
4
N
0
D
6
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 2
AdobeStock-hakbak
Nurse Shark
12 Sightings
J
1
F
0
M
3
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
1
S
0
O
0
N
6
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
12 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
3
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
2
S
1
O
2
N
0
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
11 Sightings
J
2
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
2
S
0
O
1
N
4
D
2
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 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
