Santa Rosa Shallows

Santa Rosa Shallows is the counterpart of the famous Santa Rosa Wall. The shallows are a great second dive after exploring the deeper wall. The reef here isn’t any deeper than 60 feet with a mild current; excellent for viewing the buzzing reef activity all along the patchy reef system.

Critters at this site

Wildlife encounters include spotted eagle rays, nurse sharks, turtles, stingrays, moray eels, tons of reef fish, and the endemic Splendid toadfish, only found in Cozumel.

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

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas4 obs.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata4 obs.

Frond Oyster

Dendostrea frons3 obs.

Coffeebean Trivia

Pusula pediculus2 obs.

Hawkwing Conch

Lobatus raninus2 obs.

Giant Honeycomb Oyster

Hyotissa hyotis2 obs.

ニシキツバメガイ

Chelidonura hirundinina2 obs.

Queen Conch

Aliger gigas2 obs.

West Indian Top Shell

Cittarium pica2 obs.

Musling

Lima lima2 obs.

Tiger Lucine

Codakia orbicularis2 obs.

Blade Fire Coral

Millepora complanata2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Nassarius2 obs.

Transverse Ark

Anadara transversa2 obs.

Widemouth Rocksnail

Plicopurpura patula2 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Prunum labiatum2 obs.

Atlantic Grey Cowry

Luria cinerea2 obs.

Merchant Dove Shell

Columbella mercatoria2 obs.

West Indian Chank Shell

Turbinella angulata1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cerithiopsis1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cerithium lutosum1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Diodora dysoni1 obs.

Netted Olive

Oliva reticularis1 obs.