El Cantil
★★★★☆
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El Cantil is a beautiful, shallow, clear dive that can be enjoyed by divers of all levels. This site is between 20 and 50 feet and features a beautiful reef with lots of cracks and caverns throughout it for lots of marine life to hide in.
Wildlife encounters include semi-tropical pacific species like octopuses, lobsters, eagle rays, possible mantas, eels, parrotfish, angelfish, jacks, grouper, and reef sharks.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
116 Sightings
J
2
F
7
M
6
A
8
M
11
J
4
J
7
A
9
S
13
O
13
N
23
D
13
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
40 Sightings
J
0
F
5
M
0
A
3
M
5
J
0
J
2
A
0
S
6
O
0
N
13
D
6
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
32 Sightings
J
3
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
4
J
0
J
3
A
8
S
3
O
0
N
11
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
14 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
4
J
2
J
3
A
5
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
iStock/HakBak1979
Bull Shark
7 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
3
S
0
O
0
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 approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
6 Sightings
J
0
F
3
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
3
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
4 Sightings
J
2
F
2
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
AdobeStock-Magnus
Humpback Whale
3 Sightings
J
0
F
3
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
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.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
105 Sightings
J
0
F
8
M
6
A
7
M
8
J
5
J
2
A
6
S
13
O
10
N
19
D
21
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
88 Sightings
J
0
F
7
M
5
A
4
M
6
J
4
J
4
A
7
S
9
O
7
N
15
D
20
