Bahia Príncipe

This dive site is near Tulum, Mexico and is a great site for beginners. The water is shallow, warm, and easy to access. It can be done as a shore dive. There are your typical Caribbean reef corals and sponges mixed with a sandy bottom.

Marine life at this site

You will see the typical Caribbean reef fish species like tangs, damselfish, angelfish, butterflyfish and sea turtles. Sometimes there are nurse sharks.

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

Merchant Dove Shell

Columbella mercatoria7 obs.

Queen Conch

Aliger gigas3 obs.

Musling

Barbatia domingensis3 obs.

Beaded Periwinkle

Cenchritis muricatus2 obs.

Checkered Nerite

Nerita tessellata2 obs.

West Indian Top Shell

Cittarium pica2 obs.

Lamellose Wentletrap

Gyroscala commutata2 obs.

Barbados Keyhole Limpet

Fissurella barbadensis2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Conus mus1 obs.

Caribbean Whiptail Stingray

Styracura schmardae1 obs.

Spotted Limpet

Eoacmaea pustulata1 obs.

Coffee Bean Snail

Melampus coffea1 obs.

Widemouth Rocksnail

Plicopurpura patula1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Nitidella nitida1 obs.

Zebra Nerite

Puperita pupa1 obs.

Atlantic White Hoof Snail

Hipponix antiquatus1 obs.

Bleeding Tooth Nerite

Nerita peloronta1 obs.

Søpølse

Holothuria mexicana1 obs.

Reticulated Cowry Helmet

Cypraecassis testiculus1 obs.

Hydroide

Millepora1 obs.

Sunrise tellin

Tellina radiata1 obs.

Four-toothed Nerite

Nerita versicolor1 obs.

Zebra Periwinkle

Echinolittorina ziczac1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.