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Tortugas Reef
Tortugas · Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Tortugas Reef is a reef 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 20 m. Commonly reported marine life includes nurse sharks, sea turtles, eagle rays, stingrays, 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
Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilis
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Feather Black CoralPlumapathes pennacea
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Southern StingrayHypanus americanus
Yellow StingrayUrobatis jamaicensis
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
French AngelfishPomacanthus paru
Nearby sites
- 1Barracuda - Playa del Carmen0.6 km
- 2Sabalos0.9 km
- 3Mama Viña1.4 km
- 4Inah3.1 km
- 5Punta Venado5.9 km
- 6Dive486.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org