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Barco Viejo
Bocas del Toro, Bocas Del Toro, Panama
Max depth12 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp28–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Barco Viejo is a reef and wreck dive site near Bocas del Toro, comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 12 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, dolphins, groupers, nurse sharks, lionfish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 28 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Reef UrchinEchinometra viridis
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Caribbean Reef SquidSepioteuthis sepioidea
Nearby sites
- 1Airport Point0.5 km
- 2La Buga Dive & Surf1.8 km
- 3Wreck Rock1.8 km
- 4Starfleet Scuba Diving1.8 km
- 5Bocas Diving Pirates1.8 km
- 6The Playground3.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org