Cozumel, Mexico
Palancar Gardens
Gentle drift through coral towers and swim-throughs on Cozumel’s best-known reef.
About the dive
Palancar Gardens is a beginner to advanced dive site in Cozumel, Mexico. It is a drift, reef and wall dive. Divers have logged 13,545 dives here, going to 22 m on average in around 27 m of visibility. 30 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are stingrays, angelfish and parrotfish. Sightings peak in March, July and August.
- Level
- Beginner–Advanced
- Avg. max depth
- 22 m
- Visibility
- 27 m
- Dive time
- 50 min
- Logged dives
- 13,545
- Busiest months
- Mar · Jul · Aug
- Region
- Western Caribbean
Most sighted here
StingraysPhoto: Corentin Largeron · CC0
AngelfishPhoto: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY
ParrotfishPhoto: Jeffry Surianto · CC0
BarracudasPhoto: Wouter Naert · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Palancar Gardens and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stingrays | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Barracudas | ||||||||||||
| Eagle rays | ||||||||||||
| Nurse shark | ||||||||||||
| Hawksbill Turtle | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Triggerfish | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish | ||||||||||||
| Loggerhead Turtle | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Crabs | ||||||||||||
| Spiny Lobster | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish |
Dive centers nearby
5 dive centers within 10 km. The closest:
- Scuba Mau3.6 km
- Pro Dive International Occidental Cozumel4.3 km
- Pro Dive International Allegro Cozumel4.8 km
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