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Punta Venado
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp24–28°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Punta Venado is a dive site near Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, in the Caribbean Sea. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, sea fans, octopus, moray eels, lionfish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 24 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
West Indian Sea EggTripneustes ventricosus
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus bahianus
GraysbyCephalopholis cruentata
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Brazil Reef OctopusOctopus insularis
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Nearby sites
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org