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Cayo Coral
Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama

EntryShore
Max depth8 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp28–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Cayo Coral is a reef dive site near Isla Bastimentos, comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from the shore with a maximum depth of about 8 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, sea fans, nurse sharks, lobsters, groupers. 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
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
KeteChaetodon capistratus
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
White GruntHaemulon plumierii
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Reef UrchinEchinometra viridis
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Nearby sites
- 1Crawl Cay0.0 km
- 2Long Cay Wall3.5 km
- 3Polo Beach Wall5.5 km
- 4Dark Wood Reef10.0 km
- 5Zapatillas Reef10 km
- 6Punta Juan12 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org