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
343 Sightings
J
48
F
46
M
50
A
84
M
25
J
14
J
1
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
31
D
44
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
272 Sightings
J
27
F
32
M
63
A
62
M
23
J
7
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
26
D
32
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
194 Sightings
J
29
F
30
M
32
A
53
M
21
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
15
D
14
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
94 Sightings
J
11
F
14
M
16
A
27
M
10
J
6
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
10
Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
93 Sightings
J
10
F
0
M
32
A
24
M
0
J
5
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
22
D
0
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst
Tiger Shark
55 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
15
A
20
M
8
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
12
D
0
iStock_strmko
Silky Shark
326 Sightings
J
48
F
36
M
57
A
69
M
36
J
23
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
24
D
33
iStock-Lindsey Dougherty
Silvertip Shark
249 Sightings
J
28
F
31
M
32
A
65
M
25
J
18
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
20
D
30
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
212 Sightings
J
35
F
25
M
26
A
54
M
0
J
10
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
22
D
40
AdobeStock-Marc Henauer
Grey Reef Shark
118 Sightings
J
23
F
0
M
27
A
25
M
15
J
10
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
18
D
0
AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin
Blacktip Reef Shark
35 Sightings
J
16
F
0
M
0
A
19
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 approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
24 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
12
A
12
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 approx.: 3
Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo
Trumpetfish
24 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
13
A
11
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 approx.: 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
