Pargo Cave

A perfect coral reef for beginners, students of underwater photography and great place for the second shallower dive after a deep one. It has a sculpture, the “Virgen del Carmen“ of a conch shell, more than 2m high underwater to take a keepsake photo of the memory of diving in Playa Del Carmen.

Marine life at this site

Great variety of marine life, molluscs, crustaceans, coral formations, sandbanks, seaweed meadows, and a big congregation of different types of fish, turtles, rays etc.

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Tiger Lucine

Codakia orbicularis5 obs.

Yellow Mussel

Brachidontes modiolus3 obs.

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Pseudodiploria strigosa3 obs.

Musling

Semele2 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Diodora dysoni2 obs.

Barbados Keyhole Limpet

Fissurella barbadensis2 obs.

Ram's Horn Squid

Spirula spirula2 obs.

Frond Oyster

Dendostrea frons2 obs.

Musling

Tellina2 obs.

Atlantic Winged Oyster

Pteria colymbus2 obs.

Pyramid Noddiwink

Nodilittorina pyramidalis1 obs.

Musling

Timoclea1 obs.

Red-Brown Ark

Barbatia cancellaria1 obs.

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina1 obs.

Reticulated Cowry Helmet

Cypraecassis testiculus1 obs.

Atlantic Partridge Tun Snail

Tonna pennata1 obs.

Transverse Ark

Anadara transversa1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

Longspine Starsnail

Lithopoma phoebium1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Sand Star

Archaster typicus1 obs.

Mountainous Star Coral

Orbicella faveolata1 obs.

Spotted Limpet

Eoacmaea pustulata1 obs.

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata1 obs.