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La Tortuga
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Located northwest of Playa Coco, La Tortuga gets its name from the turtle-shaped island above it, as well as a turtle-shaped cement block connected to the mooring line. This is a great dive site with many routes and a small wreck.
Towards the wreck, you can observe white tip sharks, when the water is cooler, numerous stingrays. Lots of box fish and crocodiles fish towards the moorings.
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
123 Sightings
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12
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13
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3
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11
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Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
52 Sightings
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6
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9
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15
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3
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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
47 Sightings
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5
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4
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6
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4
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13
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11
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4
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
16 Sightings
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3
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6
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
139 Sightings
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4
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16
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11
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14
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8
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14
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23
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6
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6
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10
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10
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Total number of species approx.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
90 Sightings
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7
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9
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12
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5
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3
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10
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6
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
78 Sightings
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4
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7
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6
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7
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6
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11
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11
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6
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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
44 Sightings
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4
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6
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4
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10
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7
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2
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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
28 Sightings
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3
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6
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8
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7
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3
Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo
Trumpetfish
20 Sightings
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4
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3
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6
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4
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3
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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
15 Sightings
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3
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7
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5
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Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
12 Sightings
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8
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4
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0
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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
9 Sightings
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0
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3
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6
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
iStock-deraugenzeuge
Snake Eel
7 Sightings
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7
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