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Manchones National Park
Isla Mujeres, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Max depth10 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataSep
About this site
Manchones National Park is a reef dive site near Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 10 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes whale sharks, sea fans, lobsters, sea turtles, barracuda. 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
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurus
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Whale SharkRhincodon typus
Nearby sites
- 1Musa0.2 km
- 2Musa Cancun Underwater Museum of Art0.3 km
- 3Manchones I0.8 km
- 4El Garrafon1.1 km
- 5Punta Sur1.8 km
- 6C583.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org