Brumel shallow

It’s a 20min boat ride from the Marina Flamingo. The dive site is ideal for beginners and is usually used when there are strong winds as it’s more protected than the main Catalina Islands. From the starting point you should head towards the south. Max. depth is around 14 meters.

Marine life at this site

Tropical reef fish like angelfish, barber fish, cornetfish, damselfish wrasses and more can be found. Bigger wildlife like sharks are not common as it’s very shallow.

Based on open species observationswithin ~25 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Vasula melones2 obs.

Panamic Cushion Star

Pentaceraster cumingi1 obs.

Five-slotted Sand Dollar

Mellita quinquiesperforata1 obs.

Diomedes' Sapsucker

Elysia diomedea1 obs.

🐠

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea17 obs.

🐠

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata9 obs.

🐠

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Morum tuberculosum2 obs.

🐠

Stokes's Chiton

Chiton stokesii2 obs.

🐠

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Jenneria pustulata2 obs.

🐠

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Architectonica nobilis1 obs.

🐠

Haj & rokke

Aetobatus laticeps1 obs.

🐠

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Dolabrifera nicaraguana1 obs.

🐠

Søstjerne

Nidorellia armata1 obs.

🐠

Musling

Sanguinolaria tellinoides1 obs.

🐠

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Opeatostoma pseudodon1 obs.

🐠

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea1 obs.

🐠

Søstjerne

Pharia pyramidata1 obs.

🐠

Haj & rokke

Urobatis pardalis1 obs.

🐠

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Turbo saxosus1 obs.

🐠

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas1 obs.