Punta Deseo
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Punta Deseo, which translates as Wish Point, is increasingly living up to its name. We usually drop the anchor in the sandy area of the first part of the reef at about 6 to 7 meters. DSDs or Open Water students can dive the shallow area of the reef, while everyone else can reach depths to up to 18 meters.
On this dive you will surely meet a few sharks that have made themselves comfortable in the sand, turtles, who like to look for their meals here. When the currents are favorable, plankt
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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
52 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
34 Sightings
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Hawksbill Turtle
25 Sightings
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5
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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.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
14 Sightings
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iStock/HakBak1979
Bull Shark
12 Sightings
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Alamy-National Geographic Creative
Leatherback Turtle
10 Sightings
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Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
7 Sightings
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4
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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.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
5 Sightings
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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.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
5 Sightings
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1
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1
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iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
3 Sightings
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iStock/Divepic
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
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