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Palancar Horseshoe
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Horseshoe is one of the four awesome sections that make up the famous Palancar Reef in Cozumel, Mexico. This section of the reef is a horseshoe-shaped notch in the wall of Palancar full of beautiful and large coral heads and giant barrel sponges.
Wildlife encounters include spotted eagle rays, nurse sharks, turtles, stingrays, moray eels, tons of reef fish, and the endemic Splendid toadfish, only found in Cozumel.
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: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
194 Sightings
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12
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10
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13
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4
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17
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23
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35
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19
O
23
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17
D
21
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Hawksbill Turtle
158 Sightings
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15
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11
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13
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4
M
3
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0
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16
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35
S
22
O
16
N
13
D
10
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
149 Sightings
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25
F
22
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26
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0
M
2
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0
J
0
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18
S
10
O
12
N
12
D
22
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Loggerhead Turtle
103 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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2
J
12
J
13
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26
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16
O
10
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12
D
12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
35 Sightings
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0
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0
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2
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9
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0
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14
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10
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0
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0
D
0
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Green Turtle
14 Sightings
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2
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12
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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
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
13 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
J
0
A
13
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0
O
0
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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
244 Sightings
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19
F
19
M
21
A
7
M
2
J
12
J
23
A
46
S
29
O
21
N
24
D
21
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
223 Sightings
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10
F
15
M
21
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0
M
5
J
22
J
21
A
39
S
25
O
28
N
19
D
18
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
199 Sightings
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0
F
11
M
21
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0
M
2
J
19
J
15
A
45
S
21
O
29
N
17
D
19
