Cabo Pulmo Reef
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
Cabo Pulmo is the recovery story divers cross continents to verify. After the village banned fishing in 1995 and Mexico made the bay a national park, fish biomass multiplied to levels unmatched in the region, and the reef's basalt-and-coral ridges now hold what the rest of the coast lost: dog snapper the size of retrievers, grouper with no fear radius, and the famous rotating tornado of bigeye jacks that can occupy a diver's whole horizon. Bull sharks patrol the sand edges in cooler months, big enough to reset your sense of scale. Site names rotate across the ridges - El Bajo, El Cantil, and others - but the experience is continuous: a working reef running at full population.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: The bigeye jack tornado, bull sharks over the sand, a protected reef at carrying capacity
Topographie: Hard-coral ridges - among the northernmost true coral formations in the eastern Pacific - over sand
Courant: Gentle most days; swell and surge pick up when south weather runs.
Entrée: Pangas launch from the beach at Cabo Pulmo village; surf entries for the boats, not the divers.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Surge on the shallow ridges in swell; respect bull sharks with calm positioning and no crowding.
Permis & règlements: Daily park fee collected by operators.
Conservation: Cabo Pulmo National Park: no fishing, no gloves, no touching, guided groups with capped sizes and rotating site assignments.
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Pour les photographes
Grand angle: ★★★★★ · Macro: ★★☆☆☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue