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El Garrafon
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataSep
About this site
El Garrafon is a dive site near Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. Best for divers with some experience. Commonly reported marine life includes whale sharks, sea fans, lobsters, sea turtles, nurse sharks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurus
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratum
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Nearby sites
- 1Manchones I0.6 km
- 2Musa Cancun Underwater Museum of Art0.8 km
- 3Punta Sur0.9 km
- 4Musa0.9 km
- 5Manchones National Park1.1 km
- 6C583.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org