Paso del Cedral

Cedral trades vertical drama for sheer fish tonnage. The reef is a modest strip of ledges, but those ledges shelter what feels like the island's payroll: walls of grunts and schoolmaster snappers parting around you, nurse sharks stacked under overhangs, green morays threaded into the coral, and hefty groupers supervising it all. Because the profile is shallow, the current becomes the sport: you ride it along the ridge, ducking into the lee of coral heads to watch the traffic. A favorite second-tank dive that regularly upstages the first.

اللحظة التي جئت من أجلها: Dense snapper and grunt schools, nurse sharks under ledges, lively shallow drift.

التضاريس: A low ridge of coral heads and ledges paralleling a sand plain, honeycombed with small caves.

التيار: A shallow site with a reputation for quick water; stay with the guide.

نقطة الدخول: Drift entry over a low reef strip; the current here often runs faster than the depth suggests.

المخاطر: Fast current over shallow coral; watch fins and gauges.

الحفاظ على البيئة البحرية: Marine-park site; give the resting nurse sharks room rather than crowding the ledges.