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Punta Venado
Puerto Aventuras, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Punta Venado is a drift and reef dive site near Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea turtles, sea fans, lobsters, nurse sharks, stingrays. 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
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus- Feather Black CoralPlumapathes pennacea
Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
West Indian Sea EggTripneustes ventricosus
Nearby sites
- 1Inah2.9 km
- 2Mama Viña4.4 km
- 3Barracuda - Playa del Carmen5.7 km
- 4Sabalos5.8 km
- 5Tortugas Reef5.9 km
- 6Cenote Cristalino6.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org