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Dark Wood Reef
Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp28–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Dark Wood Reef is a reef dive site near Bastimentos, comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, lobsters, nurse sharks, groupers, 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
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Reef UrchinEchinometra viridis
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Nearby sites
- 1Punta Juan2.0 km
- 2Casa Verde2.3 km
- 3Casablanca2.6 km
- 4Manuel's Wall2.9 km
- 5Bouy Line2.9 km
- 6Pandora2.9 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org