Mahahual Reef
★★★★★
(2,281)
Mahahual Reef sits on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest reef system in the world and boasts crystal clear water, healthy coral, colorful sponges, and tons of reef life.
Wildlife encounters include spotted eagle rays, nurse sharks, turtles, stingrays, moray eels, tons of reef fish, and colorful coral and sponges.
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
94 Sightings
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20
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11
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0
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6
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12
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21
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0
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0
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10
D
14
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
81 Sightings
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19
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13
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10
M
12
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0
J
17
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0
S
10
O
0
N
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 approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
79 Sightings
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13
M
10
A
21
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10
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
N
14
D
11
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Loggerhead Turtle
78 Sightings
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0
M
13
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17
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0
J
0
J
14
A
22
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0
O
0
N
12
D
0
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
21 Sightings
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0
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0
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10
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0
J
0
J
11
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0
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0
O
0
N
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 approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
16 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
M
0
J
0
J
0
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0
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16
O
0
N
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 approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
14 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
0
A
14
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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.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
186 Sightings
J
15
F
20
M
14
A
21
M
11
J
7
J
13
A
26
S
17
O
11
N
21
D
10
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
171 Sightings
J
13
F
12
M
10
A
0
M
12
J
0
J
24
A
32
S
22
O
18
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.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
148 Sightings
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0
F
16
M
19
A
12
M
13
J
0
J
12
A
25
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0
O
14
N
21
D
16
