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Banco Chinchorro
Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Max depth5 m–40 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp27–29°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Banco Chinchorro is a dive site, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 40 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nurse sharks, sea fans, stingrays, jacks, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratum
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Southern StingrayHypanus americanus
West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulata
Beaded PeriwinkleCenchritis muricatus
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Ghost ShrimpAncylomenes pedersoni
Nearby sites
- 1Simio Bipolar40 km
- 2Acuario40 km
- 3Mahahual Reef40 km
- 4La China Nómada41 km
- 5Xcalak65 km
- 6La Poza, Xcalak65 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org