El Cantil
★★★★☆
(709)
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
110 Sightings
J
0
F
7
M
6
A
6
M
9
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
37 Sightings
J
0
F
5
M
0
A
0
M
5
J
0
J
2
A
0
S
6
O
0
N
13
D
6
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
31 Sightings
J
3
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
3
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
13 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
3
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
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
102 Sightings
J
0
F
8
M
6
A
5
M
7
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
84 Sightings
J
0
F
7
M
5
A
2
M
4
J
4
J
4
A
7
S
9
O
7
N
15
D
20
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
73 Sightings
J
0
F
4
M
0
A
6
M
6
J
6
J
3
A
4
S
10
O
6
N
15
D
13
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
62 Sightings
J
0
F
5
M
0
A
3
M
0
J
3
J
0
A
9
S
6
O
0
N
20
D
16
