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Sashen
Bastimentos, Bocas Del Toro, Panama
Max depth12 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp28–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Sashen is a reef dive site near Bastimentos, comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 12 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lobsters, dolphins, groupers, nurse sharks, lionfish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 28 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Cushion StarOreaster reticulatus
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Reef UrchinEchinometra viridis
Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Nearby sites
- 1Scuba 6 Eco Diving0.8 km
- 2The Playground1.5 km
- 3Hospital Point1.7 km
- 4Barco Hundido2.1 km
- 5Bouy Line2.2 km
- 6Manuel's Wall2.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org