Shangri La - Playa del Carmen
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Shangri-La dive site is only a short 5-minute boat ride from central Playa del Carmen. The site is easy to navigate as the reef runs parallel to the shore and you can dive it north to south or vice versa depending on what the current is doing that day.
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 & Environmental Conditions
Top Wildlife Sightings
Most frequently spotted marine life based on dive logs
#1
Stingrays
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#2
Angelfish
552
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#3
Moray Eel
505
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#4
Parrotfish
500
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#5
Trumpetfish
435
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#6
Surgeonfish
380
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#7
Snapper
333
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#8
Boxfish
312
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#9
Squirrelfish
309
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Butterfly Fish
305
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