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Pargo Cave
Cueva del Pargo · Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
EntryBoat
Max depth12 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Pargo Cave is a cave 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 12 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Commonly reported marine life includes sea turtles, sea fans, stingrays, bull sharks, 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
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
- 1Playa del Carmen0.4 km
- 2Chun Zumbul0.6 km
- 3Chun Zumbul Deep1.1 km
- 4Shangri La - Playa del Carmen1.2 km
- 5Jardines1.4 km
- 6Shark Point - Playa del Carmen1.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org