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Los Arcos - Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Los Arcos - Playa del Carmen is a dive site near Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Commonly reported marine life includes sea turtles, moray eels, groupers, lobsters, sea fans. 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
Rock UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Southern StingrayHypanus americanus
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
Bull SharkCarcharhinus leucas
Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
French AngelfishPomacanthus paru
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Nearby sites
- 1Cerebros0.7 km
- 2Moc Che Deep1.0 km
- 3Chun Zumbul Deep1.7 km
- 4Pared Verde1.7 km
- 5Pargo Cave2.6 km
- 6Playa del Carmen3.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org