© Swiss Divers Association, 39390 Acapulco
El Rincon - Acapulco
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Due to its sheltered location, “El Rincón” is an ideal place for snorkelling, divers for shallow dives and for beginners and various diving specialty courses. The shallow diving depth of up to 12m has plenty of space for a variety of marine flora and fauna. The main attraction are the artificial reefs.
You can discover here: butterflies, angels, flutes, trumpets and surgeon fish, seahorses, nudibranchs, moray eels and rays, and on the flora there are sponges and corals.
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
113 Sightings
J
3
F
6
M
9
A
9
M
13
J
0
J
23
A
15
S
4
O
8
N
15
D
8
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
51 Sightings
J
5
F
0
M
0
A
5
M
0
J
4
J
13
A
11
S
0
O
0
N
9
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
38 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
7
M
3
J
0
J
15
A
8
S
0
O
0
N
5
D
0
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
27 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
5
A
0
M
7
J
0
J
0
A
4
S
0
O
0
N
6
D
5
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
20 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
5
J
0
J
7
A
5
S
0
O
0
N
3
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
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
123 Sightings
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0
F
7
M
11
A
14
M
14
J
0
J
28
A
12
S
7
O
8
N
13
D
9
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 20
iStock-stephankerkhofs
Porcupinefish
121 Sightings
J
6
F
0
M
11
A
4
M
18
J
5
J
33
A
11
S
4
O
13
N
9
D
7
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
114 Sightings
J
3
F
0
M
8
A
9
M
15
J
0
J
31
A
10
S
5
O
15
N
14
D
4
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
105 Sightings
J
4
F
0
M
13
A
10
M
12
J
4
J
29
A
6
S
0
O
10
N
9
D
8
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
91 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
13
A
5
M
9
J
0
J
22
A
9
S
7
O
6
N
13
D
7
