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Hospital Point
Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama
EntryBoat
Max depth18 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp28–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Hospital Point is a wall dive site near Bastimentos, comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 18 m. Generally suitable for beginners. 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
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus- Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Reef UrchinEchinometra viridis
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Nearby sites
- 1Barco Hundido0.5 km
- 2Bouy Line0.5 km
- 3Manuel's Wall0.7 km
- 4Casablanca0.8 km
- 5Pandora1.1 km
- 6The Playground1.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org