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Palancar Gardens
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
EntryBoat
Max depth22 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Palancar Gardens is a dive site near Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 22 m. Commonly reported marine life includes nurse sharks, sea turtles, eagle rays, stingrays, moray eels. 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
Southern StingrayHypanus americanus
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratum
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
French AngelfishPomacanthus paru
Great BarracudaSphyraena barracuda
Nearby sites
- 1Punta Dalila0.8 km
- 2Palancar Caves1.0 km
- 3Palancar Horseshoe1.2 km
- 4Cardona1.7 km
- 5San Frandsco Reef1.9 km
- 6Punta Francesa2.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org
