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
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
iStock/Divepic
307 Sightings
J
48
F
39
M
43
A
70
M
22
J
14
J
1
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
31
D
39
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
239 Sightings
J
27
F
23
M
44
A
58
M
23
J
7
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
26
D
31
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
163 Sightings
J
29
F
20
M
27
A
39
M
19
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
15
D
14
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
88 Sightings
J
11
F
11
M
13
A
27
M
10
J
6
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
10
Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
77 Sightings
J
10
F
0
M
20
A
20
M
0
J
5
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
22
D
0
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst
Tiger Shark
51 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
15
A
16
M
8
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
12
D
0
iStock_strmko
Silky Shark
291 Sightings
J
48
F
26
M
41
A
63
M
35
J
23
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
24
D
31
iStock-Lindsey Dougherty
Silvertip Shark
220 Sightings
J
28
F
29
M
27
A
50
M
22
J
18
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
20
D
26
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
192 Sightings
J
35
F
24
M
21
A
44
M
0
J
10
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
22
D
36
AdobeStock-Marc Henauer
Grey Reef Shark
107 Sightings
J
23
F
0
M
18
A
23
M
15
J
10
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
18
D
0
AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin
Blacktip Reef Shark
31 Sightings
J
16
F
0
M
0
A
15
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
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: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
22 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
12
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
10
D
0
