Santa Rosa Shallows
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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: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
390 Sightings
J
40
F
45
M
65
A
34
M
33
J
34
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: 25
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Eagle Ray
281 Sightings
J
59
F
54
M
64
A
22
M
0
J
0
J
10
A
10
S
12
O
0
N
6
D
44
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
229 Sightings
J
24
F
31
M
41
A
23
M
15
J
16
J
20
A
12
S
9
O
0
N
10
D
28
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Loggerhead Turtle
207 Sightings
J
20
F
21
M
36
A
29
M
25
J
16
J
22
A
14
S
0
O
4
N
5
D
15
Shutterstock-Ed Jenkins
Hawksbill Turtle
180 Sightings
J
22
F
15
M
29
A
13
M
12
J
26
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: 600
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Wrasse
64 Sightings
J
0
F
15
M
14
A
0
M
11
J
11
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
13
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
39 Sightings
J
12
F
0
M
17
A
0
M
0
J
10
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
487 Sightings
J
58
F
51
M
88
A
45
M
35
J
40
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: 2
AdobeStock-hakbak
Nurse Shark
450 Sightings
J
52
F
48
M
74
A
43
M
40
J
27
J
44
A
35
S
21
O
7
N
8
D
51
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
347 Sightings
J
31
F
40
M
62
A
36
M
33
J
34
J
32
A
17
S
17
O
0
N
7
D
38
