San Benedicto Canyon
★★★★★
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’El Canyon’ is located on the south end of San Benedicto Island within the famed Revillagigedo Islands. An amazing site that attracts large pelagics due to its depth and exposure to the open ocean. This is an advanced to expert level dive and can only be reached via liveaboard.
Expect to see a lot of large pelagics like the giant Pacific manta ray, schooling hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, silky sharks, and dolphins.
Dive Activity
Top Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
iStock/Divepic
291 Sightings
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35
F
39
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43
A
70
M
22
J
14
J
1
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0
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0
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0
N
30
D
37
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
224 Sightings
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19
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23
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44
A
58
M
23
J
7
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0
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0
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0
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0
N
24
D
26
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
149 Sightings
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19
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20
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27
A
39
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19
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0
J
0
A
0
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0
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0
N
11
D
14
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
87 Sightings
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10
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11
M
13
A
27
M
10
J
6
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
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0
D
10
Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
67 Sightings
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0
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0
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20
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20
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0
J
5
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0
A
0
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0
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0
N
22
D
0
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst
Tiger Shark
51 Sightings
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0
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0
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15
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16
M
8
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0
J
0
A
0
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0
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0
N
12
D
0
iStock_strmko
Silky Shark
267 Sightings
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29
F
26
M
41
A
63
M
35
J
23
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0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
24
D
26
iStock-Lindsey Dougherty
Silvertip Shark
207 Sightings
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18
F
29
M
27
A
50
M
22
J
18
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
17
D
26
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
172 Sightings
J
23
F
24
M
21
A
44
M
0
J
10
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
18
D
32
AdobeStock-Marc Henauer
Grey Reef Shark
101 Sightings
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17
F
0
M
18
A
23
M
15
J
10
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
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18
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