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Los Sombréros
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Sombrero is located 9.5km from playa Potrero or 6 miles. Its name is given to it by its shape resembling Mexican hats. There are several launching points all around the islands. The north side is rapidly deeper. Possibility of adapting the depth to the profiles of the divers all around the Island.
White tips sharks, school of fish, sometimes during the season a lot of devil rays. The hawksbill turtle like this island. You find some canyons, it’s a volcanic Island!
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: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
124 Sightings
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8
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4
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8
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16
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5
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15
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18
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10
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4
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12
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13
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
28 Sightings
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5
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5
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8
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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1
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0
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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: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
23 Sightings
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3
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6
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0
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0
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5
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4
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5
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0
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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: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
19 Sightings
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6
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0
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0
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5
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8
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0
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0
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0
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0
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
267 Sightings
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16
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23
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19
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10
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19
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14
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20
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22
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20
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15
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39
D
50
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Total number of species: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
81 Sightings
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0
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5
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7
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5
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11
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4
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10
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7
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7
O
6
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11
D
8
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
67 Sightings
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0
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6
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4
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5
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10
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0
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14
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14
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12
O
2
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0
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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: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
60 Sightings
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7
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7
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8
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0
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0
J
0
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0
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0
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4
O
4
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20
D
10
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
47 Sightings
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0
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6
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5
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0
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5
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0
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11
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7
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10
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3
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0
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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: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
44 Sightings
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3
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4
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5
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0
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11
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13
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8
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