Santa Rosa Shallows
★★★★☆
(3,053)
Santa Rosa Shallows is the counterpart of the famous Santa Rosa Wall. The shallows are a great second dive after exploring the deeper wall. The reef here isn’t any deeper than 60 feet with a mild current; excellent for viewing the buzzing reef activity all along the patchy reef system.
Wildlife encounters include spotted eagle rays, nurse sharks, turtles, stingrays, moray eels, tons of reef fish, and the endemic Splendid toadfish, only found in Cozumel.
Dive Activity
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.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
439 Sightings
J
41
F
53
M
74
A
46
M
47
J
39
J
38
A
25
S
30
O
0
N
8
D
38
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
333 Sightings
J
60
F
69
M
80
A
29
M
12
J
0
J
10
A
10
S
12
O
0
N
6
D
45
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
248 Sightings
J
25
F
32
M
47
A
27
M
18
J
18
J
20
A
13
S
9
O
0
N
10
D
29
iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
234 Sightings
J
20
F
28
M
37
A
38
M
32
J
18
J
22
A
14
S
0
O
4
N
5
D
16
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
202 Sightings
J
22
F
22
M
33
A
17
M
16
J
29
J
20
A
12
S
10
O
5
N
4
D
12
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
83 Sightings
J
0
F
20
M
20
A
0
M
17
J
13
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
13
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
70 Sightings
J
12
F
13
M
23
A
0
M
11
J
11
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.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
26 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
16
A
10
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
567 Sightings
J
58
F
75
M
108
A
65
M
44
J
47
J
45
A
32
S
23
O
7
N
7
D
56
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 2
AdobeStock-hakbak
Nurse Shark
531 Sightings
J
53
F
63
M
92
A
67
M
53
J
35
J
44
A
36
S
21
O
7
N
8
D
52
