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Pargos
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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EntryBoat
Max depth16 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataSep
About this site
Pargos 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 16 m. Commonly reported marine life includes sea fans, lobsters, jacks, barracuda, 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
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurus
Chupare StingrayStyracura schmardae
Great BarracudaSphyraena barracuda
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Nearby sites
- 1Jardines0.7 km
- 2Media Luna1.1 km
- 3Puentes1.5 km
- 4Puerto Morelos The Aquarium1.6 km
- 5Fish Market1.6 km
- 6J-32.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org