San Benedicto Canyon
★★★★★
(2,114)
’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
387 Sightings
J
52
F
49
M
50
A
93
M
42
J
25
J
1
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
31
D
44
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
293 Sightings
J
27
F
32
M
63
A
64
M
34
J
15
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
26
D
32
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
224 Sightings
J
29
F
33
M
32
A
53
M
32
J
16
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
15
D
14
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
100 Sightings
J
11
F
14
M
16
A
27
M
13
J
9
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
10
Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
99 Sightings
J
13
F
0
M
32
A
25
M
0
J
7
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
22
D
0
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst
Tiger Shark
62 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
15
A
22
M
13
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
12
D
0
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
Moray Eel
21 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
11
M
10
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
iStock-crisod
Reef Manta Ray
13 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
13
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 approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
10 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
10
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
iStock_strmko
Silky Shark
358 Sightings
J
48
F
38
M
57
A
72
M
52
J
34
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
24
D
33
