El Pinque Mushrooms

★★★★☆ (363)

The dive site is located at the Hard Rock Bay - Playa El Pinque. Entry and exit is via the stairs to the right and/or left along the Hotel Beach Club. After the breakwater, two terraces join on the right hand side at depths from 3 to 12 meters. These end after about 20 minutes at two spectacular mushroom heads.

This is a bay dive suitable for all levels of experience and there are various marine life to be discovered such as lobsters, rays, moray eels, ocutpus, cuttlefish and much more.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species approx.: 300

Octopus

31 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 200

Moray Eel

17 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 27

Barracuda

16 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 25

Eagle Ray

8 Sightings
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Loggerhead Turtle

2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 100

Parrotfish

27 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130

Pufferfish

16 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3

Trumpetfish

12 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 80

Stingrays

9 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 120

Cuttlefish

9 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 7000

Crab

9 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250

Scorpionfish

5 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 15

Garfish

3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 350

Damselfish

2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 120

Flounder

2 Sightings
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